Word: counteract
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...researchers are disturbed by Rosenberg's announcement. They argue that a human trial is premature, given the limited results of this treatment in animals. While Rosenberg's method has been shown to prevent the formation of new tumors in healthy mice, there is no published evidence that it can counteract existing cancers. Rosenberg, however, maintains that he has ongoing animal experiments to support his work and that he submitted extensive unpublished research data before obtaining permission to proceed: "This was reviewed for eight months by about 50 scientists on at least five committees...
Recently, however, a new body of scholarship has attempted to show that unions actually improve productivity. But Leo Troy, an economist at Rutgers, attributes these increases in productivity to management's tendency to use non-labor resources more efficiently to counteract artificial union wage increases...
...cosmetics firms are trying to capitalize on preliminary scientific research suggesting that certain vitamins and other chemicals may improve skin appearance. Some seem to counteract the bad effects of substances called free radicals, which are produced regularly by the body's metabolism. These highly volatile substances -- oxygen ions are one example -- react with cell membranes, and over time the radicals may play a role in various ailments and the aging process itself. There is evidence that at least one radical-fighting skin cream, a vitamin-A derivative called Retin-A, stimulates skin-cell production, but it is sold only...
...drugs we have to paint all drugs as all bad," says Rick E. Doblin, co-author of an important Kennedy School of Government study released in May that revealed that many cancer specialists had recommended at least once that a patient break the law and smoke marijuana to counteract the effects of chemotherapy...
Although the majority of Harvard professors interviewed say PC does not pose a problem for scholars or students, a growing movement to counteract its influence is gaining momentum. Already, several prominent University professors have joined an organization whose goal is to counteract what they say is the leftist indoctrination of students through the curriculum...