inhibit
Example Sentences
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Once this protein was inhibited, the older muscle stem cells began behaving more like young ones.
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"But it can also inhibit the growth of several major antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' and showed important enzymatic activities with important biotechnological potential."
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"We combined different approaches to control the expression of the CCL3 gene specifically in neutrophils, without inhibiting it in other cells. A delicate exercise!" she says.
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They did this both through genetic methods and by developing a drug designed to inhibit the enzyme.
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It was something neither she nor her coaches had ever clocked from just straight video footage, inhibited by limiting angles and baggy snowboarding clothing.
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