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The "red tide" algal blooms that are becoming more frequent along the Pacific coast produce one of the most potent ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have identified a frog protein capable of neutralizing saxitoxin, a harmful neurotoxin ...

Saxitoxin, a neurotoxin released in algal blooms, has killed many people on the West Coast who've gathered shellfish that ...

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Researchers solved a long-standing mystery behind how a bacterial toxin associated with colorectal cancer damages the colon. The toxin first binds to a receptor called claudin-4, giving it access to ...

Washington state warns against shellfish harvesting in Hood Canal after toxic levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning were found.

A gut toxin that’s been linked to colorectal cancers for more than two decades may be contributing to the sharp rise of the disease in younger people, according to landmark research published ...

Gene targeting provides a powerful method for analyzing the physiological functions of specific gene products in vivo and has led to many insights into biological processes. However, methods for ...

Nature, it turns out, is one big medicine cabinet. We can thank the willow plant for the salicin that turned into aspirin, and the poppy for the pain-killing powers of morphine. Even poison can become ...

In Venom: Let There Be Carnage's third act, San Diego Detective Patrick Mulligan (Stephen Graham) seemingly gets infected by the remnants of the symbiote, Carnage (Woody Harrelson). Longtime Marvel ...