The agent caused a disease called "fowl plague".

这种病原体引起了一种叫做“鸡疫”的疾病。

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Nano-titanium dioxide, which is used as a whitening agent in many food and cosmetic products, has been proven to cause disease in test animals that have been exposed to high doses.

纳米二氧化钛被用作许多食品和化妆品的增白剂，试验已经证明当试验动物暴露在高浓度此种物质的情况下会产生疾病。

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A very serious and rapidly progressing form of the disease occurs when bacterial spores are inhaled making anthrax a potent threat when used as a biological warfare agent.

当炭疽被用作生物战剂时，人们一旦吸入细菌孢子，炭疽杆菌就会对人体形成威胁，同时病情将迅速恶化。

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But unlike the Cowpox virus, vaccinea, that we talked about before, this is the real disease causing agent.

但是同我们之前曾讨论过的,牛痘病毒疫苗的不同之处在于,这是可以直接致病的病毒

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That, he says, is exactly what would be needed for the drug to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a disease-modifying agent, not just a treatment of symptoms.

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Among these, the researchers have identified several that help it to be an effective agent of disease.

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He recommended banning the sale of nerve tissue such as brains or vertebrae that can contain the disease's causal agent, as Britain did after its bout with the illness.

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