Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
American Chemical Society
Promoting Personal Safety and National Security: Toward a better cyanide antidote for terrorist attacks and other mass casualty events
1 seconds Posted Mar 11, 2013 at 2:00 pm.
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Today’s solution is a promising substance that could be the basis for the development of a better antidote for cyanide poisoning. This is an advance toward closing a major gap in defenses against terrorist attacks and other mass casualty events. The report, which describes a potential antidote that could be self-administered — much like the medication delivered by allergy injection pens — appears in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.