It is also receiving funds from the National Institutes of Health to work on an anthrax vaccine.
The anthrax vaccine development project was on its way to being cancelled by the U.S. before the 2001 anthrax attacks.
The controversial anthrax vaccine the US military wants to inject into millions of servicemen does not offer complete protection, it is reported.
In an ironic twist, the likely perpetrator of the attacks, Bruce Ivins, was allegedly motivated by his interest in reviving the anthrax vaccine program.
Also, an anthrax vaccine has been licensed for use in humans.
Worried about how to handle an emergency, a government advisory group recommended studying the anthrax vaccine in children if independent ethics experts agreed it could be done appropriately.
The report concludes there is no clear link between the illness and a veteran's exposure to factors such as depleted uranium or an anthrax vaccine administered at the time.
The antibiotic ciprofloxacin works best at controlling symptoms and preventing deaths, and an anthrax vaccine -- it takes 18 months to complete the series of shots -- is about 93 percent effective.
The Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, at Porton Down in Salisbury, is the only place in the world that can manufacture a licensed vaccine against anthrax.
He was trying to develop a stronger vaccine against the deadly anthrax toxin.
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