Other mammals, such as the platypus and some shrews, are venomous, meaning they produce a toxin internally then put that toxin into another critter by biting, stinging, or some other more devious way.
The toxin blocks the ability of acetylcholine, one of the body's chemical neurotransmitters, to control muscle contraction.
This Blue-ringed octopus is one of the more notorious animal, it has a powerful nerve toxin that can be fatal to humans.
Time and time again, consumers are told that fish is a safe, healthy source of lean protein and fatty acids, but do the health benefits outweigh the toxin risk?
Loris bites cause a painful swelling, and the toxin is mild and not fatal.
To set a thief to catch a thief, that is what we call “to counteract one toxin with another”.
But is there enough evidence to support treating chronic migraine sufferers with regular shots of the toxin around the head and neck?
Benzene is a highly poisonous toxin that is also carcinogenic.
Why would ingesting a psychoactive toxin that increases our risk of cancer, dementia and liver disease lengthen our life span?
Hazardouss chemicals teams removed sodium cyanide, a toxin, from sewers leading from thebonded warehouse zone that was at the centre of the Wednesday evening blast, Chinesemedia reported.
To protect you against small pox or diphtheria, you are vaccinated with a small amount of the toxin, and then your body develops immunity against that toxin.
Urea pollution can trigger ocean algae to produce a deadly toxin called domoic acid, scientists have discovered.
In their study, a single injection of the drug protected mice from the potentially lethal effects of shiga toxin, the sick-making molecule produced by the kinds of E. coli that cause food poisoning.
Abstract: In our study, we observed the clinical manifestations of15 tetramethylenedisulfotetramine( TEM) toxicosis emergency patients diagnosed by plasma toxin chemical analysis, and evaluated the effect of emergency treatments.
Each frog produces enough of the toxin to kill 10 humans.
M. ulcerans produces a destructive toxin, mycolactone, which causes tissue damage and inhibits the immune response.
The toxin, favoured by some celebrities as a wrinkle remover, relaxes jaw muscles and may reduce grinding.
Yet Greenpeace says that toxin levels in the sludge are much higher than the government admits, with arsenic at 25 times the permitted amount, and significant levels of mercury and chrome.
What Happened: the couple were using small doses of a deadly toxin to treat "crossed eyes" eyelid spasms and other eye-muscle disorders when they noticed an interesting side effect.
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