Sentences with phrase «of deadly pathogens»

In a press release, the nonprofit AKC - CHF singled out Breitschwerdt's innovative, leading - edge research in infectious disease research that, «has advanced our knowledge of deadly pathogens that cross species barriers, contributing to both canine and human health.»

With the aid of a skill tree that improves ship equipment, health, shields and the Nano Probe's arsenal of upgradeable weapons, players must successfully navigate through hordes of deadly pathogens to destroy the disease's pseudo-DNA as it twines perilously on its endless path to infection.

To stay safe throughout the process, however, males should ideally choose to approach females that are free of deadly pathogens.

We can now enter this high - speed world to interrupt the chemical reactions that sustain some of our deadliest pathogens and cause disease.

The plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, is one of the deadliest pathogens in human history, sparking three major pandemics: the Plague of Justinian, which struck the Roman Empire during the 6th and 8th centuries; the second plague pandemic, which first erupted in Europe in the mid-14th-century Black Death and continued to strike the continent in recurrent outbreaks until the mid-18th century; and the third plague pandemic, which emerged in China during the late 19th century.

The measles virus is one of the deadliest pathogens in human history.

His laboratory and their collaborators have also identified human amyloid fibrils in semen that enhance the ability of HIV to infect new cells — a discovery that one day could help stem the global spread of this deadly pathogen.

Recently, Dr. Greene's lab identified human protein fragments in semen that enhance the ability of HIV to infect new cells — a discovery that one day could help stem the global spread of this deadly pathogen.

These viruses cause similar diseases and are some of the deadliest pathogens on the planet, each killing up to 90 percent of those infected.

Not exact matches

This makes me happy: a research project has identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to one of the most deadly races of the wheat stem rust pathogen, Ug99.

Instead, they die at far faster rates than normal as a host of other ailments, such as deformed wing virus and deadly pathogens, exact a toll.

Ebola, smallpox, plague — the rogue's gallery of highly infectious deadly pathogens is frighteningly long and their potential for havoc is great, which is why they can only be studied within the tightly controlled confines of a biosafety level 4 (BSL4) facility.

«Norovirus is one of the deadliest human pathogens that we know the least about,» said first author Craig B. Wilen, MD, PhD, an instructor in pathology and immunology.

The deadly pathogen first emerged in the West Nile district of Uganda in 1937, then lay dormant for about 20 years before it cropped up again in Israel in the 1950s and reappeared in Romania in 1996.

Among the affected microorganisms were three that commonly cause deadly hospital - acquired infections, including Staphylococcus aureus and two emerging bacterial pathogens, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Acinetobacter baumannii, that are a growing cause of infections in hospital intensive - care units.

Once the «devourer of salamanders» arrives, its epidemiological properties as a «perfect» pathogen make it a deadly enemy: Infection experiments demonstrate that salamanders are not able to build up a resistance to the pathogen.

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.

While fully intact Ebola virus is a biosafety level (BSL) 4 pathogen and dangerous to work with, the team created a virus - like particle comprised of the Ebola proteins (glycoproteins and matrix proteins) that enable the virus to enter cells, but without many of the genes and proteins that make the virus deadly.

Investigators found four other incidents in the past decade when deadly pathogens were mishandled, including an event in March when a sample of the avian flu strain H5N1 was contaminated with a more lethal strain and accidentally shipped to a USDA lab without proper protections.

Eduard Akhunov, associate professor of plant pathology at Kansas State University, and his colleague, Jorge Dubcovsky from the University of California - Davis, led a research project that identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to one of the most deadly races of the wheat stem rust pathogen — called Ug99 — that was first discovered in Uganda in 1999.

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.

Frieden said part of the problem is that scientists who have spent years studying deadly pathogens in nature can become «inured to that danger» in their own labs.

On the heels of several mishaps involving deadly pathogens, U.S. officials are reconvening an expert advisory panel that hasn't met in nearly 2 years.

One theory for the spread of the deadly fungus is that «pollutants alter immune function of the animals, and then they're not able to fend off disease pathogens properly,» Cary said.

Researching the evolution and diversification of insects is particularly important for all sorts of reasons, from attempts to understand changes in global diversity to detailed taxonomy and evolution of those groups — for example, the notorious Culicidae, the mosquito family, that act as vectors of some of the most deadly pathogens.

The next step is to use microbes to create biological transistors, which could detect small amounts of pathogens or deadly chemicals.

Help University of California at Berkeley researchers track a deadly tree pathogen throughout California and Oregon

A protein known as suPAR has been identified in recent years as both a reliable marker for chronic kidney disease and a pathogen of the often deadly condition.

The increasing emergence of deadly fungal pathogens — including white - nose syndrome in bats, chytridiomycosis (chytrid) in amphibians and SFD in snakes — is of grave concern to wildlife disease experts worldwide.

The Deadly Chytrid Fungus: A Story of an Emerging Pathogen PLoS Pathogens, 6 (1) DOI: 10.1371 / journal.ppat.1000550

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.

Describing the three - dimensional shape of proteins at atomic - level detail helps scientists develop highly detailed blueprints of the basic biology of these pathogens, leading to new interventions and therapies for the deadly diseases they cause.

A new study finds populations of several frog species in Panama appear to be gaining resistance to a deadly pathogen that can lead to extinction.

How one of Africa's deadliest pathogens uses on - the - fly, genetic costume changes to outsmart our immune system.

Poor dispersal ability of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans In the race to prevent the spread of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (or Bsal), a fungal pathogen deadly to salamanders, scientists have been investigating its ecology and... AmphibiaWeb

Now, a research team headed by investigators from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is the first to identify a mechanism by which influenza A, a family of pathogens that includes the most deadly strains of flu worldwide, hijacks cellular machinery to replicate.

Young worked with fellow researchers across the country to use phage treatment to save the life of Dr. Tom Patterson, a professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine, who while on a trip to Egypt became infected with a multi-resistant strain of Acinetobacter baumannii, a deadly pathogen.

AHP ® is unique in its ability to kill deadly pathogens in half the time of legacy or traditional disinfectants, helping to keep patients safer during a veterinary visit.

Citing a number of studies, the AVMA's policy discourages feeding raw or undercooked animal proteins as they contain potentially deadly pathogens that not only can sicken your pet but also can be secondarily transmitted to humans.

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.

This means the EPA recognizes the fact that the electrically generated liquid colloidal silver substance was clinically proven to kill these deadly pathogens within just two to three minutes of contact!

In a recent development, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was forced to admit that a patented liquid silver solution called Axen30TM when used as a surface disinfectant had the ability to kill multiple strains of MRSA plus additional deadly pathogens such as Avian Influenza A (Bird Flu), Human Corona virus (SARS), Feline Calicivirus (Norovirus), Rotavirus, Campylobacter jjejuni and Acinetobacter baumannii.

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