Estimates suggest that tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have lost limbs since Russia’s full-scale ...

Type A botulinum, commonly reffered to as botox, was approved by FDA in 2002 for cosmetic use to reduce fine lines and ...

Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections have been shown to offer short-term relief for war amputees in Ukraine. Though best known ...

A second type of Botulinum toxin - type B (brand name Myobloc®) —may be as effective as type A (brand name Botox®) for the treatment of facial wrinkles, according to UCSF researchers. The study, among ...

Botulinum toxin injections provided greater short-term relief for phantom limb pain than standard medical and surgical care ...

Repeated BoNT-A injections did not yield long-term improvements in gross motor function among young children with spastic cerebral palsy.

Many people know botulinum toxin for its power to treat wrinkles. (Think Botox.) But the medication also helps those with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have spasticity -- stiff muscles and sudden, ...

The Botox injections that smooth wrinkles rely on the ability of botulinum toxins from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum to block communication between cells. In the cosmetic treatment, these toxins ...

Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are produced by neurotoxigenic clostridia and are a diverse group that consists of approximately 40 different BoNT types (and various subtypes), all of which cause ...

There are three kinds of botulism: foodborne botulism, wound botulism, and infant botulism. Here's what causes each of these and how they are treated.

Clinically, botulinum toxin A blocks the cholinergic innervation of the target tissue. Recently, it has been proved effective not only at a neuromuscular junction but also within parasympathetic or ...