Sentences with phrase «resistant human pathogens»

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However, an even bigger concern to me is the amazing ability of pathogens to adapt, mutate, and become resistant to any «treatment» humans think will kill them.

Since 1996, major changes in infectious diseases have occurred, such as the introduction of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / AIDS and West Nile virus into the United States, advances in HIV / AIDS treatment, changes in vaccine perceptions, and increased concern over drug - resistant pathogens.

Cecelia Wall, a graduate student in Drs. Heitman and Maria Cardenas» labs, had been looking for mutations that would make the human fungal pathogen M. circinelloides resistant to the antifungal drug FK506 (also known as tacrolimus).

Today, methicillin - resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strain CC97 is an emerging human pathogen in Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia.

Antibiotic resistant pathogens are an emerging, critical human health issue.

«Previous research has shown that Wolbachia — a genus of bacteria that live inside mosquitoes — render mosquitoes resistant to pathogen infection, thereby preventing the mosquitoes from infecting humans with the pathogens,» said Jason Rasgon, associate professor of entomology, Penn State.

A team of scientists from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena have now found that beewolves, unlike humans, do not face the problem of antibiotic resistant pathogens.

Human pathogens gain enormous advantage by becoming resistant to common antibiotics.

Many pathogens can also benefit from resistant starch, or the branched structures in starch that humans can not digest.

Two drug - resistant pathogens more commonly associated with antibiotic overuse in human medicine include Clostridium difficile and Staphylococcus aureus.