News tagged with botulism
New explanation for nature's hardiest life form
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Got food poisoning? The cause might be bacterial spores, en extremely hardy survival form of bacteria, a nightmare for health care and the food industry and an enigma for scientists. Spore-forming bacteria, present almost ...
How Botulism Paralyzes Nerve Cells: New Details Revealed
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New structures of a botulism toxin interacting with a mimic of the nerve-cell protein it destroys suggest new ways to block this often-fatal interaction. Indeed, the mimic molecules have such ...
FDA warns of botulism with unapproved use of Botox
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Apr 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health officials warned doctors and patients Thursday about potentially deadly risks of using the anti-wrinkle drug Botox and similar drugs for unapproved uses to treat certain types of muscle spasms.
Nose-Spray Vaccine Against Botulism Effective in Early Tests
Jan 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A preclinical study found a new nasal spray vaccine to provide complete protection against a major botulism toxin, according to a study published today in the Nature journal Gene Therapy. ...
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Compounds show significant promise against potential bioweapon toxins
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Because of the high cost and limited applicability of currently available treatments, the newly identified compounds have the potential to fill the existing therapy gap and to provide protection against a bioterrorism attack ...
FDA issues hot dog chili sauce warning
Jul 19, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 10-ounce cans of possibly contaminated hot dog chili sauce sold under various brand names.
Sum Cheong Lung-brand dried fish recalled
Feb 26, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Sum Cheong Lung-brand dried fish due to possible contamination.
Water stays on dead Colo. ducks' backs
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Jan 07, 2008 |
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Dead ducks that have lost the waterproofing on their feathers have been turning up at Colorado wastewater treatment plants.
Dysport the newest wrinkle-stopping drug to hit market
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 13, 2009 |
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There's a new wrinkle remover on the market. Late last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sanctioned Dysport for cosmetic and therapeutic use. Like Botox, it's an injectable drug derived from a botulinum toxin. ...
HC-brand fresh, frozen croaker is recalled
Apr 03, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of HC-brand fresh, frozen salted croaker because of possible botulism contamination.
Possibly contaminated herring is recalled
Aug 14, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of "7 Uzlov" brand herring because of possible botulism contamination.
Scientists reveal structure of new botulism nerve toxin subtype
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have determined the atomic-level structure of a third subtype of botulinum neurotoxin — a deadly toxin produced ...
Study reveals molecular basis of botulism toxin's deadly activity
Dec 14, 2006 |
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In the study, the scientists reveal the mysterious structural basis of the remarkably strong interaction that botulinum toxins form with nerve cells, a union so robust that a single toxin molecule can completely incapacitate ...
Canned vegetable recall is expanded
Feb 12, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said a Michigan company has, for the third time, expanded its nationwide recall of canned vegetable products.
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