The enzyme acetylcholinesterase then sticks to the acetylcholine, disabling it and causing the muscle to relax again. However, nerve agents disrupt this process by attaching to the enzyme.

The investigative group Bellingcat has uncovered new details about Russia’s development of the Novichok nerve agent, which was used against the former Russian agent Sergei Skripal in England in ...

Two people found unconscious in southern England were exposed to the same nerve agent used to attack an ex-Russian spy in March, London police say.

Novichok, the military-grade nerve agent developed by the former Soviet Union, is again at the center of a poisoning that’s grown into a diplomatic row. Germany said tests showed ...

According to Professor Gary Stephens, pharmacology expert at the University of Reading, Novichok is a more "dangerous and sophisticated" nerve agent than sarin which has been used in chemical ...

What is it? VX nerve gas was first developed in the UK in the 1950s as a deadly chemical warfare agent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with her ex-spy father in a nerve agent attack, said Wednesday that they're lucky to be alive and recovery has been slow and painful, in her first public statement ...

Novichok is a family of fourth-generation nerve agent, developed from the late 1980s onwards, according to the Weapons of Mass Casualties and Terrorism Respond Handbook by Charles Edward Stewart.

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 ...

A lethal nerve agent developed in Russia during the Cold War was blamed for the attack. Yulia, 33, was discharged from the hospital in early April and her father was released last week.

Alexey Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and one of Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics, was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent the German government said, the same type of Russian military ...

A 44-year-old British woman died on Sunday afternoon after being exposed to the nerve agent Novichok in Amesbury, England. The same substance was used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal ...