Sentences with phrase «create human pathogens»
Calling the paper «a blueprint that could conceivably enable terrorists to inexpensively create human pathogens,» Representative Dave Weldon (R - FL) introduced a resolution 26 July criticizing AAAS's decision to publish it.
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Hard to imagine an all good (Omnibenevolent) being spending time creating pathogens and parasites for the purpose of harming humans.
Funding decisions will be based on whether the research is «scientifically sound» and on whether the pathogen that scientists propose to create is «a credible source of a potential future human pandemic.»
The new study, led by Walter Mothes, a Yale microbial pathogens expert, involved creating one culture that mixed healthy rat cells with cells infected by the murine leukemia virus, a cancerous pathogen in rats and monkeys that is not known to affect humans.
By analyzing a dataset of human immune cells stimulated with interferon — a signaling protein created in response to pathogens or tumor cells — the team could precisely identify which genes were switched on in each of 13 responding cell types.
The Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRC) for Infectious Diseases were created to serve as database resources for the integration of research and surveillance data being generated by these DMID - sponsored resources and by other primary investigators working on infectious diseases caused by different groups of human pathogens and their insect vectors.
When consumed by humans, saponins can create holes in the gut wall, increasing leaky gut and allowing pathogens and toxins into the bloodstream.
Climate change creates new risks for human exposure to vector - borne diseases by altering conditions — such as local temperatures, rainfall amounts, and warm season length — that affect the development and spread of disease vectors and the pathogens they carry.