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Promoting Personal Safety and National Security: Toward a better cyanide antidote for terrorist attacks and other mass casualty events
Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
English - March 11, 2013 14:00 - 1.3 MB - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsNatural Sciences Science global challenges chemistry solutions chem science climate change water education high school acs american chemical society Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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.