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Tests from UW may help detect toxin

For experts who handle hazardous materials and who specialize in bioterrorism preparedness, there are fears – fears that a chemical or biological terrorism attack will take place under their watch and they won’t know anything has happened until it’s too late.
Now a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists thinks it may help alleviate some of these worries – at least when the neurotoxin botulinum is involved.