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Environmental Health
Researchers from National Center for Environmental Health detail findings in environmental health
April 21st, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Analytical Chemistry, "Ricin is a potent toxin capable of inhibiting protein synthesis and causing death or respiratory failure. Because of its high availability and lethality, ricin is considered a likely agent for bioterrorism." "Rapidly determining contamination of food product with ricin and human exposure to ricin is therefore an important public health goal. In this work, we report the development of a method that detects ricin and its activity in food or clinical samples. Ibis method involves immunocapture of the toxin, an examination of the activity of the ricin protein upon a DNA substrate that mimics...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-21)
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