Engineering a protein to prevent brain damage from toxic agents
- sciencedaily.com July 31st, 2014
- Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140731095134.htm
Research at New York University is paving the way for a breakthrough that may prevent brain damage in civilians and military troops exposed to poisonous chemicals -- particularly those in pesticides and chemical weapons.
An article in the current issue of the journal ChemBioChem outlines the advancement in detoxifying organophosphates, which are compounds commonly used in pesticides and warfare agents. The patent-pending process was developed by NYU School of Engineering Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Jin Kim Montclare, along with Richard Bonneau, an associate professor in NYU's Department of Biology and a member of the computer science faculty at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
