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Scientists Close In on Antidote to Neurotoxin

Cure would block feared bioweapon that causes paralysis

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted May 12, 2008 6:11 PM CDT

(Newser) – Scientists are one step closer to developing an antidote to botulinum, a potentially devastating biological weapon, the BBC reports. Terrorists have tried, so far unsuccessfully, to deploy the neurotoxin, which is also the culprit in botulism and the secret behind Botox. A botulinum vaccine already...   Read full story »

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