Llama Proteins Could Play a Vital Role in the War on Terror by Detecting World's "Most Poisonous Poisons"
Friday, January 15, 2010 - 21:07
in Health & Medicine
Scientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in San Antonio have for the first time developed a highly sensitive means of detecting the seven types of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) simultaneously. The finding may lead to improved techniques for testing water and food supplies should BoNTs be used as a bioterrorism weapon.