pathogens

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LimmaTech is developing vaccines against bacterial pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The Quarantine and Biocontainment units not only protect patients but provide a place for doctors to learn more about new and dangerous pathogens.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

The technology was intended for testing against Hantaan virus and other pathogens.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

This approach revealed traces of ancient pathogens, including the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis and the organism responsible for louse-borne relapsing fever, Borrelia recurrentis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

The insect pathogens are so specific that they infect only a small group of insects — sometimes a single species.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson