<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/studying-how-an-infectious-disease-causing-pathogen-thrives.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero/><pubDate>02/11/2021</pubDate><title>Studying how an infectious disease-causing pathogen thrives</title><description>Feb 11, 2021 - Eric Benbow lands a $2.5 million NSF grant to study <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em>, a pathogen that causes infectious disease and flourishes in tropical regions.</description><author/><hero-image><img src="" alt="Studying how an infectious disease-causing pathogen thrives"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2021/studying-how-an.jpg" alt="Studying how an infectious disease-causing pathogen thrives"/></image></item>