therapeutic
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Pakistan has one of the highest rates of therapeutic injections in the world, many of them medically unnecessary.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Peptide drugs, on the other hand, are manufactured to last longer in the body to create a therapeutic response, such as controlling appetite or promoting the growth of new blood vessels, bone density or muscle.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
"This circuit of dysfunction between lung and immune cells makes for a promising new therapeutic target."
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Again, not a word about the coercive therapeutic context in which vulnerable minors will be subjected to those “ideas” and pressed to implement them.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
This suggested that phosphorus would be a better carrier of therapeutic radiation than radio-sodium, since the latter distributes itself all through the body as salt, attenuating its effect.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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