Senators were briefed on the ricin Tuesday night.

周二晚上，参议员对蓖麻毒信事件进行了讨论。

Those two letters have tested positive for ricin in a preliminary check.

这两封信件在初步检查中被检测出含有呈阳性的蓖麻毒素。

A similar letter addressed to a US senator in Washington also tested positive for ricin.

发顿一名参议员的信件也显示蓖麻毒素阳性。

NPR's Dina Temple-Raston, who says completing conclusive tests for ricin will take several days.

NPR新闻的迪娜·特普尔·拉斯顿报蓖麻毒素道检测的完整结果需要几天。

Initial tests on those two letters indicated they were tainted with a poison called ricin.

而初步检测这2封信被一种为蓖麻毒素的毒药所 “污染”。

The agency says the substance in both letters has tested positive in preliminary tests for poisonous ricin.

两封信件都被初步检测出蓖麻毒素。

When the oil is heated the ricin protein denatures or changes shape, which renders it harmless.

榨取的蓖麻油中虽含有毒素，但可借由加热，使蛋白质变性而去除毒性。

But when inhaled, ingested, or injected, untreated ricin is readily absorbed by the body's cells.

如所，未被加热破坏的蓖麻毒素若被吸入、食入、或注入体内，会迅速的进入细胞。

Davison was sentenced to 10 years in prison for manufacturing ricin, a lethal biological poison made from castor beans.

戴维森因制造蓖麻毒素而被判处10年监禁，蓖麻毒素是一种由蓖麻豆制成的致命生物毒药。

And as potent as it is, ricin isn't even close to being the most poisonous natural substance on Earth.

但蓖麻毒素离举世公认第一杀人魔王，功力可差多了。

You might remember a month or so ago, letters tainted with ricin were sent to the president and other officials.

你可能还记得一个月或者更早以, 蓖麻毒素污染过的信件寄给总统和其他官员。

And the toxicity of ricin can change depending on how it enters the body.

蓖麻毒素的毒性依据摄取途径而有高低之别。

What's the update on the ricin attack?

蓖麻毒素事件有进展了吗？

Just a single ricin molecule is capable of inactivating 1,500 ribosomes per minute as it kills the cell.

蓖麻毒素是一种酵素，每分钟能够毁坏 1500 颗核糖体，直到细胞死亡为止。

Beside the fact that they've all be exposed to ricin.

还有他们都接触了蓖麻毒素。

They found a suspect in the ricin case.

他们在蓖麻毒素一案上发现了疑犯{\an8}林奇 沃尔特 任送货司机 目在领取残疾保险福利。

A woman suspected of trying to mail ricin to the White House also suspected of sending poisoned envelopes to law enforcement agencies in Texas.

涉嫌向白宫邮寄蓖麻毒素的女子还涉嫌向德克萨斯州的执法机构发送有毒信封。

The Canadian woman suspected of trying to mail the poison ricin to the White House is accused of threatening President Trump.

涉嫌试图向白宫邮寄蓖麻毒素的加拿大女子被控威胁特朗普总统。

You may feel the effects within a few hours, but ricin is generally a slow acting poison, taking 1-3 days to cause death.

虽然中毒后几小时就会感到异常，但蓖麻毒素一般被认为是种慢吞吞毒素，大致需要一至三天才致人于死。

It turns out, it wasn't ricin.

最后证明了不是蓖麻毒。