pathogen
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“If I were a bad actor trying to design a pathogen or something to do harm, I would not use AI,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
His accusers base this idea on questions raised by the first scientists who examined the virus in early 2021, literally days and weeks after it appeared and it was a pathogen new to everybody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
"We're dealing with a pathogen that is really hard to work in the laboratory," Diez-Gonzalez said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
"A future in which pathogen samples and information move quickly, without needless delay; and in which the benefits that come from them reach the people who need them most, fairly and in time."
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The first is the lack of acquired immunity—immunity gained from a previous exposure to a pathogen.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Those pathogens can then be transferred to the next creature the insect feeds on when it deposits saliva into that creature’s bloodstream.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Then there are those that get sick, or become susceptible to pathogens fueled by the increasing temperatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Shockingly, for many years, scientific leaders across the world—including in the U.S.—touted these experiments as a way to reduce the risk of pandemics caused by novel pathogens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Both pathogens can develop resistance and become "superbugs" that evade frontline drugs such as vancomycin.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
All those microbes are still at an early stage in their evolution into specialized human pathogens.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Common Senses: Path ("Feeling")
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