How to Use pathogenesis in a Sentence

pathogenesis

noun
  • The animal model also has been used to test vaccines, drugs, and pathogenesis of the disease.
    Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Missing from the collection of studies on the 5’ uOrf is its role in replication and pathogenesis in animal disease models.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Rothman has been researching immunity and the pathogenesis of viral diseases in humans (that is, the way a disease develops) for more than 30 years.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Distinct microbial lifestyles – pathogenesis or biofilm formation – are believed to be triggered by autoinducers.
    Jeffrey Marlow, WIRED, 5 June 2013
  • Proteins that are participant in pathogenesis are attractive targets for research and development.
    David Reese and Kári Stefánsson, STAT, 2 Aug. 2022
  • There are no mutations to the structural proteins of the sublineages, but there are four noted mutations in the regulatory (accessory) proteins that play a role in viral pathogenesis.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Nowhere is this more evident than in his earliest and least known work, his medical thesis, which proposed a pathogenesis of syphilis based upon, well, rather elementary reasoning, dear Watson.
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2015
  • This observation provides independent support of the critical role of viral proteins in innate immune suppression and virus replication and pathogenesis.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Topics that will be covered include the epidemiology of low back pain, anatomy and pathogenesis, diagnosis and imaging, medical and physical therapy interventions, and more key concepts.
    Hartford Courant, 6 May 2022
  • Scientists had pinpointed mink as a likely animal model in which to study the pathogenesis of coronaviruses 16 years ago, in the wake of the first global SARS outbreak.
    New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Liza Loza, a graduate student in molecular microbiology and microbial pathogenesis at Washington University, was excited to be asked to teach a discussion section about four years ago.
    New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
  • His interpretation of the pathogenesis of syphilis was unconventional, however his hypothesis was formed by means of what would eventually become his literary trademark - the observation of natural phenomena and the power of logical reasoning.
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2015
  • Others include replication efficiency, evasion from neutralizing antibodies, and viral pathogenesis.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • This leaves mutations in nonstructural proteins, 3’ structural proteins, and 3’ regulatory (accessory) proteins relatively uninvestigated, despite playing a significant role in host immune suppression and pathogenesis.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021

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