Botulism is food poisoning produced by a bacteria. BoTox is a medicine produced by the same bacteria. BoTox is not alive but is a protein that weakens and inactivates muscles. This is another example where natural products are used for medicinal purposes: fungi produce penicillin, cowpox virus protects against smallpox, and foxglove plant produces the "poison" digitalis that millions of patients take daily for heart disease. Now with bioengineering, it is common for bacteria to produce the necessary medicine for a specific disease. In 1973, BoTox was used as a treatment for patients with...
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