Do more with one link - claim and personalize your FREE link today! Effortlessly schedule, video meet, message chat, network, share materials, e-sign, etc – all in one spot. Collaborate, Nurture connections, Improve client services, Expedite deal closures, and more. Join FREE!!
The toxin-based delivery platform consists of the modified botulinum toxin at upper left (protease domain in gold, translocation domain in blue, and receptor-binding domain in purple) and the nanobody (the pink tag). When this nanobody-toxin fusion protein binds to the receptor (cyan) on the neuron surface, the cell takes it in through the process of endocytosis, corralling the fusion protein inside a vesicle (light green circle). The toxin’s protease domain, carrying the nanobody, then crosses into the interior of the cell. (Image: Sicai Zhang/Dong Lab, Boston Children’s Hospital)
Treatment reverses paralysis in mice; offers a general delivery platform for neurologic drugs. Currently there’s no treatment for botulism once the toxin gets into neurons...
Recent Comments