Amid the alarming trend of colorectal cancer cases rising among young people, a new study has pinpointed a potential source. Researchers from University of California San Diego and Cancer Grand ...

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Bacterial weaponry has an unexpected use in human cells. A protein secreted by bacteria to kill other microbes has been re-engineered to tweak DNA inaccessible to other gene editors, scientists report ...

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 ...

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A new freshwater monitoring tool, which can detect a lethal toxin called guanitoxin in freshwater sources, is now available to public health officials thanks to technology developed at Scripps ...

A new study pinpoints the type of toxic algae that bloomed in Detroit Lake in 2018 and made the drinking water in Salem potentially hazardous for some people to drink. Theo Dreher, emeritus professor ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Some botulinum toxin type A injection formulations have a faster onset, whereas others were shown to last longer ...

Combining low doses of a toxic herbicide with sugar-binding proteins called lectins may trigger Parkinsonism -- symptoms typical of Parkinson's disease like body tremors and slowing of body motions -- ...