The re-emergence of chemical weapons as a global threat in hands of terrorist groups,
together with an increasing number of pesticides intoxications and environmental …

Bioscavengers are an effective alternative approach for pre-and post-exposure treatments of
nerve agent (NA) poisoning. Bioscavengers are natural or recombinant enzymes, reactive …

Phosphates within tumors function as key biomolecules, playing a significant role in
sustaining the viability of tumors. To disturb the homeostasis of cancer cells, regulating …

Metal nanoparticle surfaces are used for peroxidase‐and oxidase‐like nanozymes but not
for esterase‐like nanozymes. It is challenging to obtain rapid catalytic hydrolysis on a metal …

Organophosphorus agents (OPs) are irreversible inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE).
OP poisoning causes major cholinergic syndrome. Current medical counter-measures …

The dependency of the growing population for the requirement of food has put an immense
pressure on agriculture. As a direct consequence, different stakeholders especially …

Catalytic bioscavengers are the second-generation bioscavengers. These
biopharmaceuticals are intended to degrade toxic organophosphorus agents on the skin for …

During World War II, organophosphorus compounds with neurotoxic action were developed
and used as the basis for the development of structures currently used as pesticides in the …

Human butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is a bioscavenger that protects the enzyme which is
critical for the central nerve system, acetylcholinesterase, from poisoning by …

Highlights•An introduction to the Chemical Weapons Convention and its implementation is
provided.•Objectives of chemical disarmament and nonproliferation share commonality with …