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A new study from UC San Francisco suggests a frog protein could serve as the first antidote for saxitoxin, the potent neurotoxin produced by increasingly frequent red‑tide algal blooms along the Pacific coast. Saxitoxin accumulates in shellfish and can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning when eaten. No antidote currently exists, and the toxin was once stockpiled as a chemical weapon during the Cold War. The research indicates the frog protein may neutralize the toxin, offering a potential therapeutic approach.

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