ALLMedicine Nerve Agents Center

May 22nd, 2020 - More frequent and widespread nerve agent attacks highlight the need for efficacious pre- and post-exposure organophosphate (OP) counter-measures to protect military and civilian populations. Because of critical targeting of acetylcholinesterase (A...

Apr 25th, 2020 - The recent advancements in crystallography and kinetics studies involving reactivation mechanism of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibited by nerve agents have enabled a new paradigm in the search for potent medical countermeasures in case of nerve...

Apr 23rd, 2020 - Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion (RSDL®) is an FDA-approved skin decontamination kit carried by service members for removal and neutralisation of vesicants and nerve agents. The RSDL kit, comprised of a lotion-impregnated sponge, was shown to ...

Apr 20th, 2020 - Oximes remain a long-standing element of the therapy for nerve agents, organophosphates (OPs) that poison by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE), resulting in hypercholinergic activity both centrally and peripherally. Oximes, such as...

Mar 26th, 2020 - Tabun (ethyl N,N-dimethylphosphoramidocyanidate), or GA, is a chemical warfare nerve agent produced during the World War II. The synthesis of its analogs is rather simple; thus, it is a significant threat. Furthermore, experiments with tabun and o...

May 22nd, 2020 - More frequent and widespread nerve agent attacks highlight the need for efficacious pre- and post-exposure organophosphate (OP) counter-measures to protect military and civilian populations. Because of critical targeting of acetylcholinesterase (A...

Apr 25th, 2020 - The recent advancements in crystallography and kinetics studies involving reactivation mechanism of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibited by nerve agents have enabled a new paradigm in the search for potent medical countermeasures in case of nerve...

Apr 23rd, 2020 - Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion (RSDL®) is an FDA-approved skin decontamination kit carried by service members for removal and neutralisation of vesicants and nerve agents. The RSDL kit, comprised of a lotion-impregnated sponge, was shown to ...

Apr 20th, 2020 - Oximes remain a long-standing element of the therapy for nerve agents, organophosphates (OPs) that poison by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE), resulting in hypercholinergic activity both centrally and peripherally. Oximes, such as...

Mar 26th, 2020 - Tabun (ethyl N,N-dimethylphosphoramidocyanidate), or GA, is a chemical warfare nerve agent produced during the World War II. The synthesis of its analogs is rather simple; thus, it is a significant threat. Furthermore, experiments with tabun and o...

Dec 20th, 2018 - (Reuters Health) - Recent attacks in the UK and elsewhere using powerful nerve agents show that U.S. healthcare providers don't need to be near a battlefield to find themselves dealing with similar emergencies, researchers argue in a commentary th...

Dec 20th, 2018 - (Reuters Health) - - Recent attacks in the UK and elsewhere using powerful nerve agents show that U.S. healthcare providers don’t need to be near a battlefield to find themselves dealing with similar emergencies, researchers argue in a commentary ...

Apr 5th, 2017 - PARIS (Reuters) - Medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres said on Wednesday eight people it treated following a suspected chemical attack in northern Syria had symptoms consistent with nerve agents like Sarin. “Among the victims of the attack on ...

Mar 10th, 2008 - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Exposure to pesticides, nerve agents and other chemicals may explain the chronic, multi-symptom health problems experienced by up to one-third of Gulf War veterans, U.S. researchers said on Monday. A U.S. soldier stands guard a...

Mar 10th, 2008 - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Exposure to pesticides, nerve agents and other chemicals may explain the chronic, multi-symptom health problems experienced by up to one-third of Gulf War veterans, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said an analysis of a ho...