Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: botulinum

botulinum stories: 2 news summaries

(Newser) - Botox will now carry the Food and Drug Administration’s strictest warning for pharmaceuticals after the agency raised concerns over the risk of botulism last year, Bloomberg reports. The approval of a rival botulinum toxin for cosmetic purposes prompted the review. The toxin can cause muscle weakness and breathing difficulty,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
FDA • botulism • toxin • Botox • Food and Drug Administration • botulinum • neurotoxin • Allergan

Scientists Close In on Antidote
to Neurotoxin

Cure would block feared bioweapon that causes paralysis

May 12, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists are one step closer to developing an antidote to botulinum, a potentially devastating biological weapon, the BBC reports. Terrorists have tried, so far unsuccessfully, to deploy the neurotoxin, which is also the culprit in botulism and the secret behind Botox. A botulinum vaccine already exists, but the new drug... More »

MORE ABOUT:
terrorism • Botox • biological weapons • scientific breakthroughs • botulinum • antidote • neurotoxin

2 Stories


from our news partners