French regulators have authorised the first specific antidote for ricin, a toxin viewed as a serious bioterrorism threat with no prior targeted treatment.

In 1978, a Bulgarian dissident in London was killed by a tiny pellet injected from the tip of an umbrella. The toxin was ...

Soligenix, Inc. (OTCQB: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing products that address unmet medical needs in the areas of inflammation, oncology and ...

Congressional officials confirmed that a letter addressed to Senator Roger Wicker tested positive for ricin, a potentially fatal natural toxin. According to the Associated Press, the envelope was ...

About one million tons of castor beans are processed every year, worldwide. Ricin is part of the waste from the beans when castor oil is made. Sometimes this is called “mash.” Less than a pinpoint can ...

What is ricin poison? Ricin is a highly potent toxin derived from the waste of castor beans processed to make castor oil. Although the toxicity of castor seeds was well known, ricin was first isolated ...

German authorities thwarted an Islamic extremist plot by a Tunisian man who planned to use the toxin ricin for an attack. Federal prosecutors said on Thursday that Sief Allah H., whose last name was ...

A Tunisian man and his German wife will stand trial from Friday, charged with planning a foiled biological bomb attack in Germany with the deadly poison ricin. Sief Allah H., 30, and his wife Yasmin, ...

Press Release From The FBI: Today, June 8, 2013, postal workers at the U.S. Post Office on W. Riverside Avenue, Spokane, Washington, located the fifth letter being sought by FBI and USPIS ...