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Speculation that the presence of the furin cleavage site is a signature of human genetic manipulation has made it one of the most scrutinized aspects of the genome.
THEY CALLED IT A CONSPIRACY THEORY. BUT ALINA CHAN TWEETED LIFE INTO THE IDEA THAT THE VIRUS CAME FROM A LAB.ANTONIO REGALADOJUNE 25, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
After the virus binds to ACE2, the next step is to fuse with the cell, a process that begins when enzymes from the host cell cut the spike at two different sites, a process known as cleavage.
WHAT MAKES THE DELTA COVID-19 VARIANT MORE INFECTIOUS?CASSANDRA WILLYARDJUNE 10, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
One of the mutations present in Delta actually occurs in one of these cleavage sites, and a new study that has not yet been peer reviewed shows that this mutation does enhance cleavage.
WHAT MAKES THE DELTA COVID-19 VARIANT MORE INFECTIOUS?CASSANDRA WILLYARDJUNE 10, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
They undergo the early stages of cleavage, in which one cell becomes two, two become four, four become eight, and so on.
SOLVING MYSTERIES OF REPRODUCTION HELPED MAKE PARENTHOOD POSSIBLE FOR MILLIONSROBIN MARANTZ HENIGJUNE 9, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
Two days after putting Claudy’s five embryos in the incubator, only one is still undergoing cleavage.
SOLVING MYSTERIES OF REPRODUCTION HELPED MAKE PARENTHOOD POSSIBLE FOR MILLIONSROBIN MARANTZ HENIGJUNE 9, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
He focuses in particular on the furin cleavage site, which increases viral infectivity for human cells.
TIMELINE: HOW THE WUHAN LAB-LEAK THEORY SUDDENLY BECAME CREDIBLEGLENN KESSLERMAY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST
So it can actually kind of game out how they want to be viewed by a specific group of people and hit those messages home, you know, and kind of create cleavage that previously wasn’t there or wouldn’t be there organically.
PODCAST: HOW DEMOCRACIES CAN RECLAIM DIGITAL POWERANTHONY GREENOCTOBER 15, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The technologies being fervently employed right now are enabling a reality in which campaigns can manufacture cleavages in the public, fundamentally altering how we form opinions and, ultimately, vote.
THE TECHNOLOGY THAT POWERS THE 2020 CAMPAIGNS, EXPLAINEDTATE RYAN-MOSLEYSEPTEMBER 28, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Beyond the Novall Junior group we cannot establish distinct lines of cleavage.
THE FATAL DOWRYPHILIP MASSINGER
The cleavage in policy between the inspectorate and the president did not at first manifest itself.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBB
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WORDS RELATED TO CLEAVAGE

  • carving
  • cleavage
  • cleft
  • dissection
  • gash
  • groove
  • laceration
  • mark
  • nick
  • nip
  • notch
  • opening
  • pierce
  • slash
  • stab
  • wound
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