Pralidoxime works by binding to the nerve agent to allow the body to rebalance ACE by restoring ACEi. The body itself will also, with time, make more ACEis and rebalance itself.

It tells your lungs to breathe. The neurotransmitter acetylcholine, elicited by the vagus nerve, tells your lungs to breathe. It’s one of the reasons that Botox—often used cosmetically—can ...

— -- Tabun is is a man-made chemical warfare agent that is classified as a nerve agent. It is also known as GA. What It Does Tabun is a nerve agent that interrupts the transmission of nerve ...

A nerve-illuminating agent to minimize surgical risk passed an early test by achieving sustained fluorescence of the obturator nerve without safety concerns in patients undergoing robotic-assisted ...

ANNISTON, Ala. — A chemical-weapons incinerator destroyed the last of nearly 36,000 rockets carrying the deadly nerve agent VX, part of a huge munitions stockpile that dated back to the Cold War.

BRUSSELS, June 4 -- Letters containing a nerve gas ingredient were sent to the Belgian prime minister's office, the U.S. and British embassies and a court trying al Qaeda suspects in Brussels, the ...

VX nerve agent was discovered by a British chemist in the 1950s. During the 1960s, the U.S. stockpiled it as it was the most poisonous nerve agent ever created.

For the first time, a fluorescent-guided nerve imaging agent shows promise for use in humans, according to a paper published in Nature Communications. The study sought to evaluate the safety of ...

The UAB Facial Nerve Program was established in June 2017 by Benjamin Greene, M.D., associate professor in the UAB Department of Otolaryngology, and Rene Myers, M.D., associate professor in the UAB ...