HIV is a virus which attacks the body's immune system.
A.L.S., which attacks the nerves that control muscles, causes gradual paralysis.
This disease, which attacks the motoneurons that control the voluntary muscles, is progressive & incurable.
The deadliest disease which attacks it is the Dutch elm disease.
For example, Hodgkin disease, which attacks the lymphatic system, makes the patient more susceptible to infection.
Genentech, the oldest biotechnology company around, has two therapeutic antibodies on the market designed do just that: Herceptin, which attacks breast cancer, and Rituxan, which attacks a form of cancer called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
In the general population, about 1 in 1,000 people are infected with hepatitis B, which attacks the liver.
Type O104:H4 can cause bloody diarrhoea, convulsions and, most lethally, haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, which attacks the kidneys.
Fusarium wilt disease, which attacks a wide range of cultivated plants, causes more damage in lighter and higher (topographically) soils.
"Drums and Whistles", which attacks the "right wing" and terms the left "our side", calls the Moore-Wolf thesis "bullshit".
Corn smut, disease of plants caused by the fungus Ustilago maydis, which attacks corn (maize) plants, affecting any aboveground part.
