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The likelihood is very low in this instance that enough ricin would have gotten onto your clothing and would have been transported home with you for your health to be threatened. Ricin poisoning is not contagious. People who were not present where the ricin was found are not likely to have been exposed at levels high enough to negatively affect their health. No long-term direct effects are known to exist from ricin exposure that did not result in symptoms.
Following severe ricin poisoning, the damage done to vital organs may be permanent or have lasting effects. Although it is unknown whether these populations are at higher risk, the possibility of higher risk does exist.
People who have existing illnesses of the respiratory or GI tract may have pre-existing tissue irritation or damage as a result of their illness. If this damaged or irritated tissue is exposed to ricin, the result may be further injury and greater absorption of the ricin toxin. The information that exists on ricin poisoning in humans is extremely limited.
Much of what we know about ricin poisoning comes from animal studies and only a few human cases. Nevertheless, enough information exists on ricin poisoning by ingestion swallowing to say that it is extremely unlikely that the onset of signs and symptoms of ricin poisoning by ingestion would occur more than 10 hours after exposure.
Much less information exists on ricin poisoning by inhalation breathing in ricin , but initial poisoning symptoms are very unlikely to begin more than 24 hours after exposure. There are several tests used to detect ricin, including tests for environmental samples of suspicious materials, and for clinical specimens from human body fluids.
Some LRN laboratories can test clinical urine samples for the presence of ricinine, an indicator of ricin exposure. The rapid tests indicate whether components of the castor bean are present in the environmental sample and whether ricin toxin is present. Another assay for environmental samples measures the activity of the ricin toxin, since ricin toxicity can be affected by several factors including temperature.
The toxin activity test tells officials whether the toxin is still dangerous. The presence of ricinine in urine helps to establish whether ricin exposure has occurred, and may help estimate the degree of exposure if the time of exposure is known. The rapid detection tests used by the LRN can be completed within hours after receipt of samples. The toxin activity test takes about 48 hours to perform but the availability of cultured cells used in the test may delay testing.
For a clinical urine specimen, measurement of ricinine can be completed within several hours after the samples are received. A preliminary test result — such as a positive for ricin components — must be confirmed by a second LRN test, which detects ricin toxin. The ricin toxin test is considered the best test for determining the presence of ricin. A positive result for ricin components can be used in public health decision making while officials wait for confirmatory results from the ricin toxin test.
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Bloom Description: Greenish-yellow. Water: Dry to medium. For instance, researchers have created a new type of therapeutic molecule termed an immunotoxin, which combines the targeting ability of an antibody shown in yellow, modified from PDB entry 1igt with the toxicity of the ricin A chain shown in red.
The antibody is chosen to bind specifically to cancer cells, delivering the toxic directly to the pathological cells that we want to destroy. Download high quality TIFF image. Image JSmol Ricin Vaccines entries 2aai, 3srp and 4imv.
Topics for Further Discussion Researchers are looking for small molecule inhibitors that bind in the active site of ricin and block its action. You can find several examples of these in the PDB. Ricin is a glycoprotein, with several carbohydrate chains on its surface, and it is stabilized by several disulfide linkages. You can view these structural features in PDB entry 2aai. References R. Smith The need for continued development of ricin countermeasures. Madea Ricin poisoning and forensic toxicology.
Kreitman Immunotoxins for targeted cancer therapy. Audi, M. Belson, M.
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