Sentences with phrase «ricin in»

The samples included two vials of plague bacteria (Yersinia pestis); two vials of Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes the tropical disease melioidosis; three vials of tularemia bacteria; two vials of botulinum toxin; and a sample of deadly ricin in an old collection dating to 1914.

Georgi Markov was assassinated in London using ricin in 1978 (the height of the cold war).

Not exact matches

2.5 Million in one spot, what a great place to spray a little Eboli or a lot of Ricin, although I do Like the 10 Megaton idea also...

In short, yep, these heavy metals are naturally occurring, but so are ricin and cyanide but that doesn't mean that you should EAT THEM!

The man concerned was acquitted last year of any involvement in the «ricin plot» to distribute the deadly poison in north London and released from custody.

As recently as last November, the Department of Homeland Security found a private lab inadvertently shipped ricin - a lethal poison - to one of its training centers on multiple occasions in 2011.

Doctors need some way to deal with ricin poisoning, said Patrick Cherubin, a cell biologist at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

A new study presented February 7 at the American Society for Microbiology's Biothreats meeting reveals a ricin antidote that, in mice, works even days after exposure to the toxin.

No antidote exists for ricin poisoning, but a new antibody treatment that's effective in mice could potentially help.

Ricin has legitimate lab uses in very small quantities.

Ricin, a substance derived from castor beans that has been used in bioterror attacks, «has legitimate lab uses in very small quantities,» but was not in use in this lab, the memo says.

In its first test in people, a vaccine against the toxin ricin appears safe and generates antibodies that are expected to be protective against the potential bioterrorism agenIn its first test in people, a vaccine against the toxin ricin appears safe and generates antibodies that are expected to be protective against the potential bioterrorism agenin people, a vaccine against the toxin ricin appears safe and generates antibodies that are expected to be protective against the potential bioterrorism agent.

At the extreme, lectins are potent enough to be a biological warfare agent as in the case of ricin.

They also report that early clinical trials suggest that ricin, when combined with an antibody to confine this poison to malignant cells, shrinks tumors in lymphoma patients.

Found in raw castor beans and the «mash» that's left behind after castor oil has been processed, ricin, through oral, nasal or intravenous transfusion, prevents protein synthesis and kills your cells.

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It also prompts CIA Agent Lacey (Lizzy Caplan) to pitch the assassination plan using a strip of slow, lethal ricin to be transferred in a pre-interview handshake.

To name a few, there was the Boston Marathon bombing, letters believed to be laced with ricin were sent to President Obama and other officials and the explosion at fertilizer plant in Texas.

We've devoted two of this week's prompts to this news story, but given the extraordinary week of news in general — including an explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas, the defeat of gun control legislation and the letters with ricin sent to President Obama and a United States senator from Mississippi — our classroom collaborators have included a new piece in the feature this week: teaching tips for working with sensitive or complex new stories.

This mammoth task may help the FBI catch criminals who send ricin via the US mail, but may make you feel your personal correspondence is no more protected from government scrutiny on paper than in pixels.

In both the recent shootings at Santa Monica College, and ricin filled letters sent to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, unaddressed rage about divorce was at the heart of both incidents.