The safety and efficacy of repeat injections of botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) into the upper limb of children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) who are receiving occupational therapy has not yet ...

Medical therapy is an established first-line approach for the treatment of patients with chronic anal fissure; however, the efficacy of individual agents versus placebo remains to be proven in this ...

The use of toxin botulinum-A is one of the most rapidly growing areas in cosmetic dermatology. There is always news about this incredible substance. There are new indications, new techniques, and new ...

PHOENIX -- Botulinum toxin injections offered relief from sialorrhea, or excessive saliva production, in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a small study. The ...

Antibody administration following saline or BTX administration at the beginning of the treatment. Anti-IGF1R antibody treatment is denoted as IGF1R and control IgG antibody treatment as control IgG.

A drug for myasthenia gravis can also quickly and safely reverse complications from botulinum toxin therapy in pediatric patients, report researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina in The ...

In the clinical evaluations to date, the dose of botulinum toxin type A used to treat gastroparesis ranged from 80 to 200 units. The pyloric sphincter was divided into equal anatomical quadrants, and ...

Botulinum toxin (BoNT), often referred to as a “miracle poison,” is one of the deadliest biological substances known to man. 1 BoNT is a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. A rod-shaped ...

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 ...

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 ...