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Published online 3 September 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030901-2

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Anthrax's line of attack questioned

Killer bacterium may not hijack immune cells after all.

US researchers have challenged the accepted wisdom about the way that anthrax strikes. The study is a wake-up call to biodefence researchers, they say.

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