When Fusarium graminearum infects wheat, it can pose a risk to humans, animals and agriculture.
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It’s not just the ingredients we should be concerned about. The devices themselves release chemicals that end up in our blood and urine.
Tetanus is a rare but potentially fatal disease. Being up to date with tetanus vaccination is your best protection.
Ranging from 12 to 22 centimetres, these tiny octopus are extremely venomous and found all over Australia. Here’s what to do if you see someone get bitten.
Thornapple or jimsonweed and related plants have an interesting history – from an early asthma treatment to intoxicated British soldiers.
Poison can be a deadly defense that helps a mushroom make sure its spores are spread to new places to grow into baby mushrooms.
“Nairobi fly” are obvious due to their red and black colouration; these are warning colours of their toxicity.
Researchers know the basic biology of what happens to your system after a night of heavy drinking. Unfortunately, evidence-based cures for the common hangover are still at the investigation stage.
The Flint water crisis made the country aware of the dangers of lead. But why, exactly, is this element so toxic and what does it do to the body?
Meet the brawny bug with a concoction so caustic it’ll make a toad vomit.
It’s not just Australia’s animals that can be deadly, there are plenty of dangerous plants too.
Most people avoid venomous creatures, but they can also teach us a lot about chemical reactions that take place outside of the body - or exochemistry.
New research has revealed that venom can be stored for up to 80 years without losing any of its biological properties. Researchers…
Plant pathologists and chemists have identified the mycotoxin profile associated with an isolated outbreak of Fusarium head…
A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University has found that the fungus Fusarium, commonly associated with infection…
Researchers have discovered a new way to block the action of botulinum toxin, which may pave the way for more effective treatments…
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Associate Professor in Animal Ecology, University of Gothenburg
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow and Co-head, Australian Venom Research Unit, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Head of Respiratory Environmental Health, The Kids Research Institute Australia; Curtin University
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Associate Professor and Marine Ecologist, Adelaide University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Southern California
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Senior lecturer, Australian National University
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Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California
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Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance & Senior Lecturer, Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney
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Systematic Entomologist, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences, University of Southern California
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Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Professor of Mycology, University of Tennessee
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Associate Research Professor of Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University