Researchers Devise a Fast and Sensitive Way to Detect Ricin

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 09:42 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a simple, accurate, and highly sensitive test to detect and quantify ricin, an extremely potent toxin with potential use as a bioterrorism agent. The report appears as a featured article in the April 12th issue of Analytical Chemistry.

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