Fox News: With threats of chemical war in Syria, a new antidote to poisonous cyanide attacks

Chemical weapons like anthrax, sarin, mustard and ricin often make headlines, but what about the threat of a terrorist attack unleashing cyanide? Research undertaken by Steve Patterson, PhD, of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Drug Design, and colleagues have discovered a promising new alternative antidote. And this antidote could be self-administered, like the average allergy injection pens. Using a simpler procedure means a far larger number of cyanide victims in a mass casualty incident could be rapidly treated. Full article by Allison Barrie at: http://z.umn.edu/foxnews