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Health & Medicine - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:39 - 0 Comments
All-purpose antidote to chem warfare?
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US)—In chemical warfare, nerve agents inhibit an enzyme that is crucial for muscle control, causing victims to suffocate. A research team has engineered a similar enzyme to act like a bio-scavenger—destroying all known nerve agents before they can do harm. Continue…
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