inhibit
Example Sentences
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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.
"If we want to delay the progression of a disease, we want to inhibit its negative aspect," Waller said.
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Non-antioxidants inhibit microbial growth or slow chemical reactions that cause spoilage.
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"Instead of completely switching off MYC, future drugs could specifically inhibit only its ability to bind RNA. This would potentially leave its growth-promoting function untouched, but lift the tumor's cloak of invisibility," explains Eilers.
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