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Multiplex Immunoassay Techniques for On-Site Detection of Security Sensitive Toxins
Biological toxins are a heterogeneous group of high molecular as well as low molecular weight toxins produced by living organisms. Due to their physical and logistical properties, biological toxins are very attractive to terrorists for use in acts of ...
Christopher Pöhlmann, Thomas Elßner
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Botulinum toxins - Cause of botulism and systemic diseases? [PDF]
Toxins of Clostridium botulinum (types A-G) are known as 'neurotoxins', causing the clinically well-known picture of flaccid muscular paralysis. The molecular biological background is the blocking of acetylcholine secretion in neuromuscular junctions by ...
Bohnel, H., Gessler, Frank
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A Targeted Therapeutic Rescues Botulinum Toxin-A Poisoned Neurons [PDF]
Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), a Category A biothreat agent, is the most potent poison known to mankind. Currently no antidote is available to rescue poisoned synapses.
Radharaman Ray +6 more
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Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and some other bacterial strains such as C. butyricum and C. baratii. It is considered the strongest toxin known to humans and can cause botulism.
Ninh Thi Hanh +5 more
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Tables of toxicity of botulinum and tetanus neurotoxins [PDF]
Tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins are the most poisonous substances known, so much so as to be considered for a possible terrorist use. At the same time, botulinum neurotoxin type A1 is successfully used to treat a variety of human syndromes ...
CESARE MONTECUCCO, ORNELLA ROSSETTO
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Uso da Toxina Botulínica em Odontologia [PDF]
TCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Odontologia.As Neurotoxinas Botulínicas são produzidas pela bactéria anaeróbia Clostridium botulinum e são consideradas as toxinas mais potentes conhecidas e sua ...
Gonçalves, Bruna Miroski
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Botulinum Toxins in Medical and Cosmetic Dermatology
Background: Botulinum toxin (BoNT), a bacterially produced neurotoxin, is a mainstay in the dermatologic armamentarium. Although BoNT is commonly used to treated rhytides associated with ageing, it can be employed for a variety of other cosmetic ...
Margit Juhász +2 more
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Botulinum neurotoxin X lacks potency in mice and in human neurons
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are a class of toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum) and other species of Clostridia. BoNT/X is a putative novel botulinum neurotoxin identified through genome sequencing and capable of SNARE cleavage, but ...
Brieana M. Gregg +8 more
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THE USE OF MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS FOR THE DETECTION OF BACTERIAL TOXINS
Toxins - molecular weight compounds produced by microorganisms, animals, plants and possessing antigene properties. Recently due to the perceived threat of terrorist actions identification of a number of bacterial toxins is especially important.
M. V. Poleeva, O. S. Chemisova
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BOTOX injection to treat strabismus after infant botulism type B infection
Purpose: The significance of botulinum toxin to ophthalmologists is twofold. Botulism, a medical emergency, frequently presents with ocular findings including blurred vision, diplopia, ptosis, and photophobia as a result of the neurotoxin produced by ...
Sarah G. Bonaffini +2 more
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