pathogen

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She added that the drugs did not provide effective coverage against a Gram-positive organism, which was the most likely pathogen causing the infection.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The team identified the T cell signals as cytokines that activate pathogen sensing receptors called toll-like receptors on innate immune cells.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

It works by binding to a distinctive bacterial sugar and alerting the immune system to destroy the invading pathogen.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

We now have a much clearer picture of how humanity’s successes—population growth, food production, urbanization, globalization—have stoked pathogen evolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

For practical purposes, the fact that feeding is interrupted promptly is of course an enormous advantage, for crop damage stops almost as soon as the pathogen is applied.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson