functional
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Using advanced transcriptomic analyses and functional studies in both mouse models and human samples, the researchers examined what happens when cancer cells lose MHC I expression.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Voters are “hungry for a different future for this city — one that is affordable, functional, creative, and safe,” Raman said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
GSK GSK -0.41%decrease; red down pointing triangle said a drug candidate for hepatitis B helped nearly a fifth of patients who enrolled in two late-stage clinical trials achieve a functional cure.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
She believes when women suffer from clear physical symptoms as a result of having large breasts, reduction should be recognised as functional surgery, "not dismissed as cosmetic".
From BBC • May 22, 2026
If we’re a messed up, dysfunctional family, I guess this can go down as our single functional moment.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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