pathogen
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That increased tolerance could help explain why many populations have survived and rebounded despite continuing exposure to the pathogen.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
A species can carry a dangerous pathogen without necessarily suffering catastrophic losses, particularly if its members can tolerate the infection.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
This sharp increase suggests that the pathogen arrived and spread through the local amphibian community around the same time that frog populations were collapsing.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Precision breeding and artificial intelligence may provide additional ways to redesign HMA domains, allowing them to recognize pathogen molecules that previously escaped detection.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The first is the lack of acquired immunity—immunity gained from a previous exposure to a pathogen.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Samples tested found norovirus, campylobacter, shigella and "other pathogens that cause stomach cramps and diarrhoea", officials said.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
They identified how these proteins recognize invading pathogens and demonstrated that they can be modified to detect multiple fungal threats.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
They help destroy pathogens and trigger the early inflammatory response.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Rospotrebnadzor said Wednesday that the situation in the Irkutsk region remained "stable", and that nearly 5,000 tests had been conducted, none of which revealed dangerous pathogens.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 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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