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diseased

[dih-zeezd] / dɪˈzizd /


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A new class of medications—known as “protein degraders”—are showing promise in going after a certain kind of hard-to-target protein in diseased cells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Humans usually contract it from fleas that have fed on infected wild rodents, or sometimes by handling the tissue or body fluids of a diseased animal, according to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Farmers may unknowingly buy diseased plants. The trees may look healthy initially, but after five or seven years they can suddenly die, causing huge financial losses," he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The diseased samples were obtained from Johns Hopkins University Hospital through an initiative supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Whatever was twisted or diseased in the human soul was present in that room.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer


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