suppress
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However, the tumor environment suppresses these cells, preventing them from doing their job.
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These rapid shifts appear to suppress bowel cancer cell growth while also speeding up the repair of damaged DNA.
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"By studying the atomic current, we could see that diffusion is practically completely suppressed," says Møller.
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The second is the restriction cost, which measures how hard it is to suppress all alternative reactions while keeping only the desired pathway active.
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Operating rates are likely to remain suppressed, prolonging margin pressure across the olefin and polymer value chain, he says.
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