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From: eddy@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Sean Eddy)
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Subject: Acrylamide toxicity
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Date: Thu, 30-Jul-87 10:34:17 EDT
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Acrylamide is used in biology labs as a gel for separating
molecules by their size and charge. The liquid or solid powder
form of acrylamide is a neurotoxin; supposedly the polymerized
form is fairly inert. 

My question is this: does anyone know the mechanism of acrylamide
toxicity? Most of my information is hearsay and likely to be
inaccurate. For instance, is it true that acrylamide poisoning
is irreversible? What nerves, if not all, does it affect? etc.,
etc.

Thanks,

- Sean Eddy
- MCD Biology; U. of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder CO 80309
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