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MRICD
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

Toxin Countermeasures

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Objective: To discover and develop medical countermeasures and knowledge solutions against toxins and agents of biological origin
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Modulators of Synaptic Transmission

Mitigate muscle paralysis

Protease Inhibitors

Small molecule inhibitors of botulinum neurotoxin

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Growth Factors

Accelerate recovery from muscle paralysis