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“Similar research could certainly be used in the development of better vaccines and therapeutics for the virus — but it could also be used to make the pathogen more dangerous,” Anthropic wrote.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Rather than testing whether a person has antibodies against a single pathogen, researchers can examine a much broader immune landscape shaped by previous exposure to viruses, bacteria and other immune targets.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

It was a sick new business model and digital pathogen.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

The virus was detected this month in a Phillip Island penguin that had died, the first infection in the colony by a pathogen that has caused severe disease and death in birds worldwide.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The first is the lack of acquired immunity—immunity gained from a previous exposure to a pathogen.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

"Similar to antibiotics, pathogens are going to be able to evolve against antimicrobial peptides," he said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Rajaniemi points to the vast number of receptors immune-system cells can use to respond to pathogens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Now their AI biosecurity startup, called Red Queen Bio, is rushing to design antibodies that can be manufactured to protect against a range of potential pathogens, including the seemingly sci-fi threat of an AI-designed virus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Sullivan has argued that medical countermeasures should be developed more broadly for pathogens capable of causing severe illness or death in humans, rather than focusing only on viruses already known to cause frequent outbreaks.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

These diseases must have been the evolutionary survivors of far more pathogens that tried to make the jump to us from animals—and mostly failed.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond