In a major advance for chemical defense and public safety, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) Forensic Science Center (FSC) and Purdue University have developed and demonstrated a high-throughput, automated mass spectrometry platform.
Their platform dramatically accelerates the discovery of medical countermeasure candidates against A-series chemical warfare agents, also known as “Novichoks.”
The collaborative research, published in the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),” provides the first quantitative data on the potency of these agents and identifies promising new directions for antidote development.