News tagged with neurotoxins
Removing wrinkles with RHAMM
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Hollywood stars of a certain age take note: Research at Berkeley Lab suggests that a protein linked to the spread of several major human cancers may also hold great potential for the elimination of wrinkles ...
Researchers identify a cell type that limits stroke damage
Jan 27, 2009 |
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A research team including Serge Rivest of University Laval's Faculty of Medicine has demonstrated the existence of a type of cells that limits brain damage after a stroke. The study was recently published in the online version ...
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Molecular structure reveals how botulinum toxin attaches to nerve cells
Dec 13, 2006 |
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[B]May lead to new therapeutics[/B] Botulism is a life-threatening disease caused by exposure to botulinum neurotoxins, which are among the most potent toxins known. These neurotoxins are produced by Clostridium botulinum, a b ...
Ring closure as warning: New reagent for the detection of organophosphate neurotoxins with an extremely fast response
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Soman, Tabun, and Sarin (which has already been used in terrorist attacks) are chemical weapons that attack the nervous system. When inhaled, these extremely toxic organophosphates can lead to death within ...
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 ...
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 ...
Researcher working on destruction of chemical weapons
Sep 24, 2008 |
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America's war on terror includes fighting the dark side of deadly chemical agents, and Texas A&M University chemist Dr. Frank Raushel is helping with the fight by developing an enzyme that might neutralize one such chemical ...
Genetic analysis reveals secrets of scorpion venom
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Transcriptomic tests have uncovered the protein composition of venom from the Scorpiops jendeki scorpion. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have carried out the first ever venom analysis in this arach ...
Toxic algae closes some Italian beaches
Aug 01, 2006 |
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Swimming has been banned along sections of the Italian coastline because of blooms of toxic algae, a report said Tuesday.
Killer algae a key player in mass extinctions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Algae, not asteroids, were the key to the end of the dinosaurs, say two Clemson University researchers. Geologist James W. Castle and ecotoxicologist John H. Rodgers have published findings that toxin producing ...
By shutting down inflammation, agent reverses damage from spinal cord injury in preclinical studies
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have been able to speed recovery and substantially reduce damage resulting from spinal cord injury in preclinical studies.
Cause of mussel poisoning identified
Mar 24, 2009 |
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The origin of the neurotoxin azaspiracid has finally been identified after a search for more than a decade. The azaspiracid toxin group can cause severe poisoning in human consumers of mussels after being ...
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