Scavenging Molecule Provides Long-Term Protection Against Nerve Agents in Rodents (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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Scavenging Molecule Provides Long-Term Protection Against Nerve Agents in Rodents (1 of 1)

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A microscopic image of the dried nanoscavenger, a molecule that breaks down poisonous nerve agents. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 2, 2019, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by P. Zhang at University of Washington in Seattle, WA; and colleagues was titled, "Nanoscavenger provides long-term prophylactic protection against nerve agents in rodents."

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P. Zhang <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2018)

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