In developing evidence for a 20-year-old hypothesis about a toxin found in red tide, MIT chemists have worked out techniques that could also streamline the production of certain drugs. MIT chemists ...

A rare and poorly understood species of algae is the main culprit behind South Australia’s rolling toxic algal bloom crisis, scientists have discovered. In a pre-print paper published this week, ...

Suspected cause: Preliminary tests suggest brevetoxin from red tide is behind the deaths of 25 bottlenose dolphins along Florida’s Panhandle. Other causes ruled out: Tests for bacterial and viral ...

Complex toxin molecules are the ultimate challenge for organic chemists — even successful syntheses often involve an impractical number of steps. A biologically inspired reaction might simplify things ...

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