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  • n  any substance that has a toxic effect on cells

  • It turned out to be a cytotoxin, a cell poison with the strange selective trick of attacking some cells more than others.
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  • Bacteria use lethal cytotoxins to evade antibiotic treatment
    ( Aarhus University ) Bacteria that cause infectious diseases produce a number of cytotoxins, and an international research team has now found the mechanism behind one of these toxins. The new results could make it possible in future to develop new treatment methods to impair the cytotoxic activity and thereby reduce the severity of infectious diseases.
    Nov. 18, 2013 - EurekAlert!

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