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Small Business Owners Remain Optimistic, Says Chase for Business CEO

3 days 23 hours ago
Stevie Baron, CEO of Chase for Business, said that despite a difficult geoeconomic landscape, small business owners remain optimistic about their individual business and their potential for success across industries. Speaking from the Chase Make Your Move Summit in Atlanta, Baron said that Chase's aim is to support small business owners and do whatever it can as a bank to make owners financial lives easier. (Source: Bloomberg)

How humans domesticated the bacterium behind Botox treatments

3 days 23 hours ago
Clostridium botulinum bacteria produce a potent neurotoxin called botulinum toxin, which causes the serious illness botulism. The toxin attacks the nervous system, leaving the body unable to control its muscles and making every breath a struggle. Without immediate treatment, botulism can be fatal. Humans, however, have managed to domesticate this dangerous bacterium to do their bidding. Over more than 90 years, biologists have been able to turn a wild microbe into an efficient factory for medical, military and cosmetic products like Botox.