Researchers identify structural changes in botox that allow uptake into nerve cells

Researchers at the Center for Life Sciences at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time identified structural changes in the botulinum neurotoxin, botox for short, that are believed to be crucial for its uptake into nerve cells. This could mean that the paralyzing effect of this potent neurotoxin could be used more selectively and efficiently in the future, for example in pain therapy. The study was published today in Nature Communications.