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Recent Examples of pathogenic
Without all these genetic changes, there would be a chance the virus could revert to a dangerous, pathogenic form.
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Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
These are known to infect mycobacteria, a pathogenic species that causes leprosy, tuberculosis, and chronic lung infections, among other diseases.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2024
In 2020, a new, highly pathogenic form emerged in Europe and spread quickly around the world.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
Rao and his colleagues identified CD4 T cells — or pathogenic T cells — as the ones causing an imbalance of B cells.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
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Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
These are known to infect mycobacteria, a pathogenic species that causes leprosy, tuberculosis, and chronic lung infections, among other diseases.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2024
In 2020, a new, highly pathogenic form emerged in Europe and spread quickly around the world.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
Rao and his colleagues identified CD4 T cells — or pathogenic T cells — as the ones causing an imbalance of B cells.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathogenic
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On July 30, Ray updated her fans again, revealing her diagnosis of infective endocarditis, a severe heart infection.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 July 2024
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Hospitalizations for strokes related to opioid use and infective endocarditis, a life-threatening infection of the heart’s lining and valves, increased in people under 45 from 2006 through 2015, coinciding with the opioid epidemic’s onset, the authors added.Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 23 May 2024
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Raw milk and some types of raw cheese can be a source of many kinds of germs, and lab tests show that bird flu virus in raw milk can be infectious.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Taking place in a heavily quarantine world, a 'rage virus' was unwittingly released from an animal testing facility and unleashed on the public, turning them into vicious, cannibalistic killers with highly infectious properties.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Russia has consistently denied using chemical weapons in Ukraine and, in turn, has accused Kyiv of employing toxic agents on the battlefield.Michael D. Carroll, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Most of the concern comes from lab studies involving animals or human cell lines — scientists observed toxic effects of microplastics on the cellular and molecular levels.Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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And to make matters worse, crime rates have risen, demonstrations by taxi drivers have turned violent, and a bungled garbage collection policy has blanketed Luanda with waste and a pestilential stench.Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2015
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But life back then was pretty sketchy and precarious even without pestilential rats running around, unbound.Scott LaFee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023
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Another growing problem is the use of harmful flame retardants in the plastic enclosures around batteries.Arlene Blum, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, the brand touts the product as being free from harmful chemicals, dyes, and synthetic fragrances, which earned it some extra brownie points.Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2024
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But left unchecked, fear of failure becomes poisonous.Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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But the film’s poisonous reviews and disastrous box office all but torpedoed her Oscar hopes this year, and the film was shut out in Monday’s Globe nominations.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Certainly, a highly virulent respiratory virus could have a major global impact.Dave Wessner, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recently officials announced the disturbing news that bird flu has infected a pig in Oregon, a troubling development that health experts say could mean a more transmissible and virulent virus.Seema Policepatil, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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She’s also undergone 30 cryogenic lung ablations—a procedure in which a radiologist uses a needle-like probe to freeze malignant tumors off the lungs.Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
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While the diverse kinds of grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services or Energy Department loan programs may not immediately seem representative of the sub-regulatory decrees that irk industry, increasingly the malignant materiality and significance of grants deserve more attention.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Pathogenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathogenic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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