Fast Acting Cyanide Antidote Discovered Cure Likely To Benefit Firefighters, Industrial Workers, Victims Of Terrorism.Medicalnewdtoday.com.Dec. 28, 2007.University of Minnesota Center for Drug Design and Minneapolis VA Medical Center researchers have discovered a new fast-acting antidote to cyanide poisoning. The antidote has potential to save lives of those who are exposed to the chemical namely firefighters, industrial workers, and victims of terrorist attacks.Current cyanide antidotes work slowly and are ineffective when administered after a certain point, said Steven Patterson, Ph.D., principal investigator and associate director of the University of the Minnesota Center for Drug Design.[ See ] See abstract of original paper in American Chemical Society:  Novel, Orally Effective Cyanide Antidotes. Herbert T. Nagasawa,David J. W. Goon, Daune L. Crankshaw, Robert Vince, and Steven E. Patterson.