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Enzymes versus nerve agents: Designing antidotes for chemical weapons

  • Written by Ian Haydon, Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
imageEnzymes, the catalysts of biology, can engulf and break down hundreds of nerve agent molecules per second.Image: Pymol. PDB 4E3T rcsb.org, CC BY-ND

A chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 people, including children, triggered the Trump administration’s recent missile strikes against the Syrian government. The use of illegal nerve...

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