FindHealthNews Index  |  Save/Exchange Information |  WikiWax News, Reviews, and Articles on Nitrogen Mustard National Guard performs hazmat exercise at Coliseum  May 22, 2008 By 5 p.m., the team had finished its second entry and figured out the perpetrator in the scenario had released nitrogen mustard, a chemical warfare agent, Ritter said. The team also received radiological readings that they hadnt yet figured out was from a small amount of Cesium 137, a radioactive isotope, Ritter said. (The Pantagraph newspaper) Most Carriers Of Fanconi Anemia Genes Are Not At Higher Risk Of Cancer  Jan 31, 2008 (May 4, 1998) Researchers have found that Fanconi anemia cells accumulate DNA damage at lower exposures to nitrogen mustard (a DNA-damaging agent) than do normal. (Feb. (Science Daily) The end of chemo? One magic pill may hold answer  Nov 29, 2006 Nitrogen mustard, the first modern chemo drug, is a derivative of the mustard gas used during the First World War ... By 1942, two researchers at Yale, Louis Goodman and Alfred Gilman, were ready to try nitrogen mustard in a human patient ... The scientists were on to something, and nitrogen mustard became the first of many toxic compounds found to be effective against cancer. (Globe and Mail) Back to FindHealthNews Home [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2006 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2006