pathogen
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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
A draft leaked earlier this year prompted civil society groups to warn that Zambia was accepting wider data-sharing terms than other African countries, including long-term access to pathogen information and specimens.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Plague is a disease caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, the same pathogen that killed millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
In other words, they are saying they don’t know what pathogen caused the infection of her lungs, let alone whether it was Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that cause the plague.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
A diverse microbiome is generally better able to resist the expansion of harmful pathogens.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 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
Melting permafrost has also been known to release dormant pathogens, which have previously affected the Russian reindeer population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Kate Herridge, a PhD student working on the project, said the next step was to "concentrate these water samples" and "find if any pathogens have attached themselves to the samplers".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
We and our pathogens are now locked in an escalating evolutionary contest, with the death of one contestant the price of defeat, and with natural selection playing the role of umpire.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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