modifiable

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A 2025 comprehensive review concluded that B12 deficiency remains a modifiable risk factor for neurological and cognitive problems, especially in high risk groups such as older adults and vegetarians.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

"This work represents a critical step toward identifying modifiable environmental factors that may contribute to lung cancer in young adults," said Nieva.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

By identifying vesicle-associated PD-L1 trafficking as a modifiable driver of immune escape, the research opens a promising new path for tackling resistance to cancer immunotherapy.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

"Both of those things can be difficult for people to stop or to reverse, but they are probably the most modifiable ones," says Dr McCartney.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

The conviction that the character and lot of man are indefinitely modifiable for good, was the indispensable antecedent to any general and energetic endeavour to modify the conditions that surround him.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John