Two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with attempting to smuggle a dangerous pathogen into the U.S. The couple were associated with the University of Michigan and allegedly wanted ...

According to the complaint, Jian received Chinese government funding for her work on this pathogen in China. The complaint also alleges that Jian’s electronics contain information describing her ...

Focusing on the Han Chinese population, the study offers new evidence for the co-evolution of humans and pathogens. The findings were published in Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics.

To escape the immune defense, this pathogen enters and resides in specific immune cells. These so-called macrophages defend against the invaders by pumping iron out of the bacteria's hiding place ...

Survival trick: Pathogen taps iron source in immune cells Date: May 19, 2025 Source: University of Basel Summary: The body defends itself against pathogens by depriving them of vital iron. However ...

A pathogen is a living thing that causes disease. Viruses and bacteria can be pathogens, but there are also other types of pathogens. Every single living thing, even bacteria themselves ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...

However, the last 100 years have also been characterised by outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics caused by emerging and re-emerging pathogens, most of which have been zoonotic in origin.

Global pathogen surveillance and research is the foundation of preparing and responding to pathogenetic public health emergencies. Having data from around the world that are managed in a FAIR ...

In 2018, “disease X” was included, which signified that a pathogen previously not on our radar could cause a pandemic. While it’s one thing to acknowledge the limits to our knowledge of the ...