Friends or foes? Emerging impacts of biological toxins
Clark, Graeme C. and Casewell, Nicholas R. and Elliott, Christopher T. and Harvey, Alan L. and Jamieson, Andrew G. and Strong, Peter N. and Turner, Andrew D. (2019) Friends or foes? Emerging impacts of biological toxins. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 44 (4). pp. 365-379. ISSN 0968-0004
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Abstract
Toxins are substances produced from biological sources (e.g., animal, plants, microorganisms) that have deleterious effects on a living organism. Despite the obvious health concerns of being exposed to toxins, they are having substantial positive impacts in a number of industrial sectors. Several toxin-derived products are approved for clinical, veterinary, or agrochemical uses. This review sets out the case for toxins as ‘friends’ that are providing the basis of novel medicines, insecticides, and even nucleic acid sequencing technologies. We also discuss emerging toxins (‘foes’) that are becoming increasingly prevalent in a range of contexts through climate change and the globalisation of food supply chains and that ultimately pose a risk to health.
Item type: Article ID code: 66637 Dates: DateEvent1 April 2019Published15 January 2019Published Online7 December 2018AcceptedKeywords: toxins, toxinology, biosciences, drug discovery, food safety, water safety, climate change, eco-friendly insecticides, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, Drug Discovery Subjects: Medicine > Therapeutics. Pharmacology Department: Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 21 Jan 2019 09:12 Last modified: 10 May 2021 00:52 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/66637
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