News articles tagged with 'toxin'
Engineered botulism toxins could have broader role in medicine
— 2 Dec 2011 09:44 | HealthThe most poisonous substance on Earth - already used medically in small doses to treat certain nerve disorders and facial wrinkles - could be re-engineered for an expanded role in helping…
Snake spills venomous secrets
— 17 Nov 2011 17:49 | BiologyExamining venom from a variety of poisonous snakes, a group of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered why the bite of one small black, yellow and…
Researchers step closer to treatment of virulent hospital infection
— 19 Mar 2011 14:24 | HealthClostridium difficile is a health problem that affects hundreds of thousands of patients and costs $10 billion to $20 billion every year in North America. Researchers from the University…
Host change alters toxic cocktail
— 12 Mar 2011 14:59 | BiologyLeaf beetles fascinate us because of their amazing variety of shapes and rich colouring. Their larvae, however, are dangerous plant pests. Larvae of the leaf beetle Chrysomela lapponica…
Newly identified spider toxin may help uncover novel ways of treating pain and human diseases
— 10 Mar 2011 18:38 | HealthSpider venom toxins are useful tools for exploring how ion channels operate in the body. These channels control the flow of ions across cell membranes, and are key components in a wide…
Brain implant surgeries at UCSF dramatically improve symptoms of debilitating condition
— 9 Mar 2011 18:32 | HealthImplanting electrodes into a pea-sized part of the brain can dramatically improve life for people with severe cervical dystonia - a rare but extremely debilitating condition that causes…
Secrets of plague revealed
— 9 Mar 2011 18:17 | HealthIn work that is pushing the 'diffraction barrier' associated with microscopic imaging of living cells, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM demonstrated the…
New study shows ability of transgenic fungi to combat malaria and other bug-borne diseases
— 26 Feb 2011 16:57 | HealthNew findings by a University of Maryland-led team of scientists indicate that a genetically engineered fungus carrying genes for a human anti-malarial antibody or a scorpion anti-malarial…
Iowa State, Ames Lab researchers describe the pump that bacteria use to resist drugs
— 24 Feb 2011 20:56 | HealthA research team led by Edward Yu of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory has identified and described two parts of the three-part system that pumps toxins from bacteria and…
SLU research implicates natural toxin as triggering Parkinson's disease
— 11 Feb 2011 16:48 | HealthIn new research from Saint Louis University, investigators have found evidence that a toxin produced by the brain is responsible for the series of cellular events that lead to Parkinson's…