deficiency
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“Typically by around 10 to 12 years of age, people that are likely to have a deficiency in the enzyme have developed it to the capacity,” says Sibley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The founders wrote the Constitution in part to fix that deficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The chief executive of Parkinson's UK, Caroline Rassell, said they "support the move towards more research trials into vitamin B6 deficiency and Parkinson's".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Conditions such as depression, lack of sleep, a low-functioning thyroid, and vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to memory loss that mimic the early stages of dementia,” Tan writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
She thought she might have an iron deficiency anemia: tired blood.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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This result suggests that renewable, genetically engineered immune cell progenitors might eventually have applications beyond cancer, including treatments for inherited immune deficiencies and potentially infectious diseases.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The levies included a $750 million civil money penalty from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency related to anti-money-laundering deficiencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Sutton said his old club have been "flat-track bullies" by "beating the teams you expect them to beat", but the collapse in Austria, plus Sunday's bruising loss, has highlighted glaring deficiencies.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
So, arbitrarily boosting testosterone is not good for young men without deficiencies.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
Whatever was her own in the house, everything which she had acquired aside from her husband’s bounty, she caused to be transported to the other house, supplying simple and meager deficiencies from her own resources.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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