pathogens
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C3 drew particular attention because earlier research has suggested that activation of the complement system, a network of proteins that helps defend the body against pathogens, may contribute to chronic inflammation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
As people move deeper and deeper into ecosystems and territories where few, if any, had lived before, they risk interacting with pathogens that were previously confined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The prospect of AI helping people develop deadly pathogens or other biological hazards has long been a concern among AI safety experts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Climate change and environmental disturbance have aided an increasing creep of the territories ticks inhabit—along with the viruses, bacteria, and pathogens they carry.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
We and our pathogens are now locked in an escalating evolutionary contest, with the death of one contestant the price of defeat, and with natural selection playing the role of umpire.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
