microbe
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Like any pandemic, the Black Death was simultaneously a biological and a social event—shaped by both the innate characteristics of a microbe and such all-too-human factors as political systems, religious beliefs and public-health responses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Until recently, though, it was unclear whether this microbe contributes to depression, whether depression changes the microbiome, or whether another factor explains the connection.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
"Wheat gluten and casein are recognized as safe in a way a microbe is not, in a regulatory sense, so this is an easier way to protect public health," Hsiao said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026
The inner core of solid tumors is made up of dead cells and lacks oxygen, creating the perfect conditions for this microbe to multiply and spread.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
The specific antibodies that we gradually build up against a particular microbe infecting us make us less likely to get reinfected once we become cured.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Those microbes produced biomass carrying a light carbon isotope signature, potentially explaining the unusual signal preserved in the rocks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Using its AI platform Prism, Enveda identifies and ranks therapeutic compounds found in plants and microbes, predicting their structures and biological functions to generate new treatments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Enveda uses its AI platform Prism to identify and rank therapeutic compounds found in plants and microbes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The researchers say this is the first study to show how a natural product made by microbes can work with the body's own response systems to regulate complex molecular and cellular processes during intestinal injury.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Naturally, we’re disposed to think about diseases just from our own point of view: what can we do to save ourselves and to kill the microbes?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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