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Pathogen repository

A pathogen repository collects and stores clinically relevant pathogens and associated data for use in research, product development and for validation, training and quality assurance in laboratories.

PCR

PCR (polymerase chain reaction) is a laboratory technique used to specifically amplify certain segments of DNA and thereby detect them.

Persistence

In infection biology, persistence refers to a pathogen being able to survive in a patient’s body.

Personalised medicine

Personalized medicine takes into account the individual characteristics of the patient and the disease in order to tailor prevention, diagnosis, or treatment as precisely as possible.

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacokinetics deals with concentrations of a drug and its degradation products within the body.

Plasmodia

Plasmodia are unicellular parasites. Some species can cause malaria in humans.

Post-exposure prophylaxis

Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) refers to preventive medical measures taken when a person has had contact with a pathogen.

Preclinical tests

In drug development, preclinical tests are carried out to investigate the behavior of novel agents in cell culture or animal models.

Proof-of-Concept

In drug development, “Proof-of-Concept” (PoC) refers to the demonstration that a new therapeutic approach generally produces the expected effect in humans.

Proviruses

A provirus is a virus genome that is integrated into the DNA of a host cell.