Owing to these concerns, some ground beef was food irradiation to kill pathogens.

It doesn't kill pathogens, either, she said, which can go dormant and germinate later from spores.

Cook foods for the appropriate length of time and at the appropriate temperature to kill pathogens.

These cells have no cytotoxic activity and do not kill infected cells or clear pathogens directly.

This reduces the time and energy required to bring water to a boil, but can increase the duration of boiling required to kill certain pathogens.

Juice concentrates are also heated sufficiently to kill pathogens.

The federal rules say manure must be hot-composted, to 131 degrees, to kill pathogens.

"We suspect flour, because flour doesn't go through specific processes to kill pathogens."

When the light is turned on, he said, a chemical reaction kills airborne pathogens.

The adaptive immune system is made of specialized cells and processes which kill pathogens or prevent their attack.