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
"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
When these social effects were added to a statistical model, the overall genetic influence on the three newly identified gene microbe links increased by four to eight times.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
That’s the principle of vaccination: to stimulate our antibody production without our having to go through the actual experience of the disease, by inoculating us with a dead or weakened strain of microbe.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The SIU Carbondale team instead turned to microbes, which can carry out complex biochemical processes naturally.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
When neutrophils encounter pathogens, they can release toxic substances and even destroy themselves, spilling long strands of biological material that form web-like traps around invading microbes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
In reality, they are densely packed, layered communities built by microbes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
"These microbes remind us that even the smallest partners can leave the deepest mark on our history."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
The water in my glass has to be swimming with microbes, judging by the children’s skinny limbs and swollen bellies, signs of amoebic infections.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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