toxin

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Fake products might show the active ingredient as “Botulinum Toxin Type A,” include languages other than English, or indicate 150-unit doses, according to the California Department of Public Health.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

Toxin impairs memory, possibly contributing to large numbers of starving animals in California.

From National Geographic • Dec. 14, 2015

Helping families manage chronic stress, which can harm young brains, also makes a difference, as Clancy Blair writes in “Treating a Toxin to Learning,” on page 64.

From Scientific American • Aug. 2, 2012

He has briefed Biological Toxin Weapons Convention numerous U.S. government agencies on synthetic biology.

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2012

Toxin Production.—A large number, especially of the pathogenic bacteria, elaborate or secrete poisonous substances concerning which but little exact knowledge is available, although many would appear to be enzymic in their action.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)