Scientists at La Trobe University have discovered how a diarrhea-causing strain of bacteria uses "molecular scissors" to cut open and destroy gut cells, leading to severe illness and sometimes death.

ON SOCIAL MEDIA, certain influencers love to throw around the word “toxic.” Seed oils are toxic. Oatmeal is toxic. Kale is toxic. But these claims are often false or misleading. Toxins are a real ...

For the first time, scientists have made a definite link between the toxin produced by algae that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning and marine mammal deaths. Fur seals found dead last August on ...

A new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder included a shocking revelation. According to this new paper, published in ACS Environmental Au, researchers detected an unexpected ...

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Researchers have found that specific gut cells, BEST4/CA7+ cells, regulate electrolyte and water balance in response to bacterial toxins that cause diarrhea. Their findings show that these cells ...

In the warm summertime waters of Lake Erie, cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, can proliferate out of control, creating algal blooms that produce toxins at a rate that can harm wildlife and human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Toxins are a real concern. But anything (even water) can be toxic if you’re exposed to too much of it. So you need nuance to fully ...