Bacterial meningitis can cause severe brain damage even when patients receive antibiotic treatment promptly. Researchers at ...

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OSAKA--A team of researchers has discovered that a special toxin-producing colon bacillus is causing 70 percent of colorectal ...

In a counterintuitive move, bacteria are known to produce self-destructive toxins. However, they also make antitoxins, and researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have identified ...

Tetrodotoxin, the neurotoxin that makes a blue-ringed octopus deadly, also protects Taricha newts—but we don't understand how they produce it, or what purposes it serves for them. A first step to ...

A specific toxin-producing gut bacteria may be responsible for both triggering the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) and ongoing disease activity, according to a new study led by a team of researchers ...

New research suggests that a toxin produced by the bacteria E. coli may be what triggers inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease. Share on Pinterest The painful symptoms of IBD may be caused by a ...