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 ...

The big social networks and video games have failed to prioritize user well-being over their own growth. As a result, society is losing the battle against bullying, predators, hate speech, ...

Toxin–antitoxin systems are two-gene modules widespread across bacterial and archaeal genomes, typically comprising a stable toxin that impairs essential cellular processes and a labile antitoxin that ...

Bacteria are always hungry, according to Thomas Wood, Biotechnology Endowed Chair and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering. If you gave a single bacterium all the ...

Researchers have discovered an antitoxin mechanism that seems to be able to neutralize hundreds of different toxins and may protect bacteria against virus attacks. The mechanism has been named Panacea ...

Tetanus is one of the most feared diseases among goat owners—and for good reason. Caused by the toxin-producing bacterium Clostridium tetani, tetanus is almost always fatal once symptoms appear. But ...

Researchers have unveiled a novel strategy for neutralizing unwanted molecules and clearing them from the body. "Currently, antitoxins are difficult to produce and have a short shelf life, making them ...

It’s a tragedy whenever a child dies needlessly of a disease that is both preventable and treatable. Sadly, that happens daily around the globe, due mainly to a raft of infectious diseases. One of ...

The discovery of antibiotics in the early twentieth century revolutionized medicine 1. However, it is now known that antibiotics are not the miracle drugs they once were thought to be. Rather, ...

Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are now known to negatively control plasmid replication, according to Thomas Wood, Biotechnology Endowed Chair and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State ...

Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are now known to negatively control plasmid replication. Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are now known to negatively control plasmid replication, according to Thomas Wood, ...