Levels of the toxin microcystin has been detected in Lake Erie weeks earlier than usual, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Environmental toxin produced by algae may lead to ALS Date: September 17, 2019 Source: Penn State Summary: A computer generated-simulation allowed researchers to see how a toxin produced by algal ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco and the University of Queensland have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the “wasabi receptor,” a chemical-sensing protein found in nerve cells that’s responsible ...

Toxin-producing bacteria can make this newt deadly. Microbes growing on skin produce tetrodotoxin, a paralytic chemical also found in pufferfish. Rough-skinned newts ...

Finding better drugs by studying deadly venoms may seem unintuitive, but Helena Safavi, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry in the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine (SFESOM) at the University ...