Botox's sweet tooth underlies its key neuron-targeting mechanism

(University of California - Irvine) The Botox toxin has a sweet tooth, and it's this craving for sugars -- glycans, to be exact -- that underlies its extreme ability target neuron cells in the body ... while giving researchers an approach to neutralize it.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news