Botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) has emerged as a promising agent in both scar management and wound healing. By inducing temporary muscular paralysis, BTX-A reduces tension across wound edges, thereby ...

Two research groups have designed chimeric fusion proteins that constitute a new “trojan horse” approach to neutralize lethal botulinum toxins. Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs)—a family of bacterial ...

A harmful and often deadly substance made by bacteria, a bacterial toxin manipulates host cell functions and disrupts vital cell processes in a living organism. Bacterial toxins hit host organisms ...

Local injections of botulinum toxin type A have been used to treat essential head tremor but have not been extensively studied in randomized trials. In a multicenter, double-blind, randomized trial, ...

Currently there's no treatment for botulism once the toxin gets into neurons. This novel treatment neutralized the toxin with a second, modified botulinum toxin that delivered a mini antibody into the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Injections yielded significant improvements in visual analog scale pain and Quick-DASH score, as well as skin ...

SAN DIEGO — The potential adverse effects of botulinum toxin and fillers aren’t just clinical, a dermatologist warned colleagues. Physicians are at risk of legal consequences if they aren’t careful ...

Patients who live in areas with high levels of sun exposure may require higher than normal doses of botulinum toxin A to the glabella to achieve maximal results, results from a comparative cohort ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Some botulinum toxin type A injection formulations have a faster onset, whereas others were shown to last longer ...

A hand wearing latex gloves hold a phial of clear liquid and a syringe. The medical professional uses the syringe to extract the medicine from the glass bottle. Conceptual with space for copy.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global botulinum toxin market report. This research report also lists 23 other prominent vendors that are ...