Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: antidote

antidote stories: 1 news summaries

Scientists Close In on Antidote
to Neurotoxin

Cure would block feared bioweapon that causes paralysis

(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 exists, but the new drug... More »

MORE ABOUT:
terrorism Botox biological weapons scientific breakthroughs botulinum antidote neurotoxin

1 Story