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“Given Amazon’s scale, customer mindshare in other categories and established logistics and marketplace infrastructure, we view the company as well positioned should it choose to further penetrate the autos category,” Jones wrote.

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"It opens up an entirely new way of thinking about how to influence cell behavior and potentially a simpler way to design drugs that act from the outside rather than having to penetrate the cell."

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Scotland's bill covers all beauty and wellbeing treatments that pierce or penetrate the skin.

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Because radio waves can penetrate dust and gas that obscure visible light, radio telescopes can observe galaxies invisible to optical instruments.

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"The microneedles penetrate the outer layer of the heart and allow the drug to reach the damaged muscle underneath, which is normally very hard to access."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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