be inert
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The ligand or tag must be inert and have no negative impact on the function of the cells or create any reaction that could cause side effects.
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024
The grenade was found to be inert and, according to its owner, was bought at an air show.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023
Prof Stride also says that, if they're proven to be inert, shortened CNTs may provide an "effective mechanism for drug delivery to the inner cell region".
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2016
To Joseph, it makes as much sense for the dead to appear as spirits glowing in midair as for them to be inert and terminated.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2016
Why should yellow phosphorus be an active poison and red phosphorus be inert?
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various
