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Also, it is important to boycott bacon and pulled pork sandwiches, even though the offending pathogen's transmission has not been scientifically connected to the consumption of the succulent buttermilk-bathed bodies of these mud-trolling cob rollers.
Warren Holstein: Preparing for the Swine Flu Apocalypse 2009
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Sexual recombination of the host's genes during reproduction continually changes these molecular locks, blocking the pathogen's previous method of entry.
Darwinian Virtues Sulloway, Frank J. 1998
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Last month, scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the National Research Council in Italy revealed that their genetic sleuthing had traced the pathogen's roots back to Monterey cypresses in California, where the trees grow naturally along seashores in the Bay Area and other coastal regions.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN UPTON 2011
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Recent advances in DNA sequencing have allowed scientists to accurately track the spread of some diseases by measuring mutations in the pathogen's DNA when the DNA replicates.
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Neutralizing antibodies defend cells from an infection by working to inhibit, or "neutralize," the pathogen's effect.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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"Supramap does more that put points on a map-it is tracking a pathogen's evolution," says Daniel A. Janies, first author of the paper and an associate professor at Ohio State University.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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An important aspect of this pathogen's success is the ability to suppress or evade the host immune response at multiple stages of the infection.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Christopher R. Cotter et al. 2010
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Certain bacteria, like MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) are dangerous because they mutate swiftly and cleverly to evade drugs designed to block the pathogen's essential biological pathways.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"Supramap does more that put points on a map-it is tracking a pathogen's evolution," says Daniel A. Janies, first author of the paper and an associate professor at Ohio State University.
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These molecules are less likely to mutate without harming the pathogen's survival, making resistance to them more durable in the field.
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