Food safety is king. Anyone in the industry will tell you that. But if there’s a lesson to learn from the recent cereulide in infant formula case, it’s that food safety threats aren’t always obvious.

Researchers estimate that the structure of a new toxin class has not been determined in almost a decade. Using the Australian Synchrotron researchers at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science ...

Six years ago, researchers described the first toxin ever found for the deadly pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, the mechanism for its secretion from the bacterium was unknown. Now, ...

The study was designed to identify the environmental factors that influence the introduction, persistence, and movement of ...

Six years ago, Michael Niederweis, Ph.D., described the first toxin ever found for the deadly pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This toxin, tuberculosis necrotizing toxin, or TNT, became the ...

Life-forms with no brain are capable of some astounding things. It might sound like sci-fi nightmare fuel, but some bacteria can wage kamikaze chemical warfare. Pathogenic bacteria make us sick by ...

Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed a way to detect bacteria, toxins, and dangerous chemicals in our environment using a biopolymer sensor that can be printed like ink ...

Update: Executive Order 14292, “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research”, issued on May 5, 2025, has ordered a suspension of all federally funded dangerous gain-of-function research ...