Sentences with phrase «kills its human hosts»
The microbe may rarely infect people, but when it does, it may kill the human host, who becomes a literal dead end for the virus as well.
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A host of scholars — believers, agnostics and atheists alike — put the number of people killed in all the holy wars, Crusades, inquistions, etc. — IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY — at ~ 50 - 75 million.
Humans are parasites, and we are killing our host.
Today, most countries manage the disease with a drug that kills the parasite in human hosts.
When the researchers mixed MVs and cells of human origin, they found that the MVs can invade and kill these cells, suggesting that GBS MVs are toxic to the human host.
Viruses are wily predators that can kill their hosts and cause lethal human diseases.
Also presented are possible alternative approaches to tackling infections, such as phages (viruses that kill bacteria) sourcing new antibiotic leads from oceans, soils and host - associated microbiomes in humans, komodo dragons and leafcutter ants.
The chapter hosted Lewis Bollard, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) policy advisor, who spoke on Ag - Gag laws, and Liz Hallinan, Compassion Over Killing director of policy, who talked about animal and human rights abuses in factory farming.