inhibitor

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That’s how you get branded a dinosaur, a fuddy-dud, an inhibitor of the inexorable march toward efficiency and greatness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Islatravir, meanwhile, is what’s known as a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, a novel drug that is significantly more potent.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Merck expects several important Phase 3 readouts this year, including for an oral PCSK9 inhibitor called enlicitide and an experimental drug called islatravir, which is being studied for both HIV prevention and treatment.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

After one week of treatment with the 15-PGDH inhibitor, the tissue showed fewer 15-PGDH-producing chondrocytes, reduced expression of cartilage degradation and fibrocartilage genes, and early signs of articular cartilage regeneration.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

Any substance which increases the catalytic activity of an enzyme is known as an "accelerator," or "activator"; while one which prevents this activity is called an "inhibitor," or "paralyzer."

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred