Sentences with phrase «against deadly pathogens»

President Nixon officially closed the offensive part of the program in 1972, but since then scientists have labored to develop vaccines to defend troops and civilians against deadly pathogens.

Researchers aren't sure how these tiny viruses got a chunk of DNA from a bacterium's immune system, but they're looking into how the viruses transformed this adaptive immune system into a weapon against the deadly pathogens.

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The biotech industry had already taken precautions against the DIY - ers, prohibiting companies from selling deadly pathogens to anyone without serious credentials and a certified lab.

Baltimore biotechnology company Profectus BioSciences is testing a vaccine to guard against the Ebola virus on 39 human subjects, a first step toward administering it more broadly to people at risk of exposure to the deadly pathogen.

These are high - risk pathogens that are common throughout the country and have a high rate of infection and are very often deadly — which is why vaccinations against these diseases are considered «core» or essential for every horse.