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From: dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz)
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Subject: Re: Iraq and nerve gases
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Date: 28 Aug 90 04:31:25 GMT
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From: dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz)
Today's NY Times (Sunday, 8/26/90, page 28) reports that scientists at
Penn State have successfully bonded metal atoms to antibody molecules.
The resulting "metalloantibodies" promise to offer broad protection
against chemical weapons, environmental pollutants and drug overdoses.
The antibodies act as catalysts, destroying a targeted type of poison
molecule.  The metalloantibodies would be administered even before
exposure to the toxin.

	Paul F. Dietz
	dietz@cs.rochester.edu