adaptive
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In patients who already produce normal or elevated levels of endogenous GLP-1, flooding those same receptors with long-acting agonists may push a finely tuned system past its adaptive range.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026
India needs translational laboratories, accredited biobanks, adaptive trial networks and globally trusted evidence systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
The tuberculosis vaccine triggered both innate and adaptive responses, but unusually, the innate response remained active for months.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
These agents enable influence operations that are far more scalable, sophisticated and adaptive than simple scripted misinformation campaigns.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
“All right, so, B. cepacia is a hardy bacterium. It’s so adaptive that it actually feeds on penicillin instead of being attacked by it. So our first line of defense is...”
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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