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Comments: 1 +-   New Nerve Gas Antidotes-> on Thursday November 29 2007, @01:25AM SoyChemist

Submitted by SoyChemist on Thursday November 29 2007, @01:25AM
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SoyChemist writes "Scientists from Korea and the Czech Republic have discovered new drugs that can counteract the chemical overload caused by nerve gas. All of the experimental medications belong to a family of chemicals called oximes. Those molecules reactivate the enzyme that is damaged by the chemical weapons. Last year, the FDA approved the first combined atropine and oxime auto-injector for use by emergency personnel. Israel has been providing them to their citizens since the first Gulf War."
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