On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 3:48 AM, Rob O'Connor <xxxxxx@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

Effective dose for neuromuscular blocking drugs is in the mg/kg body mass range, so 10^(-3)g order of magnitude.

"Effective dose" assumes normal means of delivery, doesn't it?

If you're delivering the toxin to a limited set of specific neural intersections - because you're using tiny self-directing robots rather than random distribution - shouldn't that reduce the required dose rather significantly?

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