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transporter

[trans-pawr-ter, -pohr-, trans-pawr-ter, -pohr-] / trænsˈpɔr tər, -ˈpoʊr-, ˈtrænsˌpɔr tər, -ˌpoʊr- /


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The study, led by Director Eunjoon Kim of the IBS Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions, focused on a glycine transporter known as Slc6a20a/SLC6A20.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

Cells lining blood vessels in the brain contain a transporter called GLUT1 that normally carries glucose into the central nervous system.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

“It means UC’s most vulnerable workers will no longer have to choose between paying for healthcare and paying for groceries,” said Avant, who works as a patient transporter at UC San Diego Medical Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Beijing has also displayed a new variant of its Y-20 heavy transporter equipped with Chinese-made engines, replacing Russian models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

Suddenly, the transporter shoots upward, making my full stomach heave.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

Meanwhile, at the border with Turkmenistan, the gateway to China, transporters complain of constraints tied to a lack of warehouses and of a proper registration process to bring goods by rail to China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Exceptionally low river levels in a Europe hit hard by drought and record heat have plunged transporters into turmoil this summer, driving up costs that everyday consumers could end up bearing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

At UC hospitals, union members work in cafeterias, as radiology technologists, nurse’s aides and patient transporters, among other roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

In addition, when researchers created cells lacking the molecular transporters responsible for moving CoA, the amount of CoA inside mitochondria dropped dramatically.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

The report also noted that the Pottses were the only transporters of that child.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter


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