Patients with chronic illnesses face a significantly higher risk of complications from cosmetic botulinum toxin injections, ...

Report OverviewThe global botulinum toxin market is entering a phase of sustained expansion, with growth propelled by rising demand in both aesthetic and therapeutic domains. As a neurotoxin derived ...

Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Jul. - Aug., 1979), pp. 656-662 (7 pages) Two areas of research on botulinal toxin are reviewed: (1) isolation and characterization of the toxin molecule ...

Botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) is produced by the Gram-positive, anaerobic bacillus Clostridium botulinum, and is regarded as the most potent neurotoxin known to man The effects of BTX-A include inhibition ...

Enterococci are hardy microbes that thrive in the gastrointestinal tracts of nearly all land animals, including our own, and generally cause no harm. But their ruggedness has lately made them leading ...

The botulinum toxins are among the deadliest substances on Earth, and two specific toxins — including the popular drug Botox — have multiple uses for treating many neuromuscular conditions, including ...

The Federal Drug and Food Administration is aware of the recall. The issue was found the FDA notified Snapchill that its low-acid canned foods process for manufacturing the recalled items was not ...

Foodborne botulism is a potentially deadly condition that’s caused by eating food contaminated with botulinum toxin, a potent toxin that attacks the body’s nervous system. The disease is incredibly ...

Two research groups have designed chimeric fusion proteins that constitute a new “trojan horse” approach to neutralize lethal botulinum toxins. Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs)—a family of bacterial ...

AN investigation has been made of the pharmacological properties of Cl. botulinum (type A) toxin. Rabbits injected intravenously with the toxin developed severe œdema with focal hæmorrhages in the ...