Word: inhibit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...want to inhibit anyone's right to have a good time," Crowley says. "I'm just there to make sure no one wrecks the property...
...body, that he enjoys sex just as much now as he did then and, more importantly, that sex can be as good now. Miller is a rare performer who seemingly has lived through the AIDS crisis and has successfully moved on, truly believing that AIDS does not have to inhibit the joy of his sexual experiences. Even as he discusses past lovers who have died of AIDS, Miller's sexual joy in this piece promises that he will not be haunted by this past. Such a stand shows real artistic and political progress, as Miller signals a time when...
...breakthrough in OCD treatment came about in the late 1980s, when researchers discovered that a particular antidepressant, clomipramine hydrochloride (brand name: Anafranil), relieved obsessions and compulsions as no others did. The presumed secret of its success was its ability to inhibit the reabsorption of serotonin in the brain. A few years later, the advent of the ssri family made it even more obvious that obsessive-compulsive disorder was at least in part a serotonin problem. Some 75% to 80% of ocd patients today get substantial relief--sometimes complete remission--from one or another member of the SSRIS...
...therapy. "What these patients apparently show is that those genes are not necessary for a person's health," says Wong-Staal. "If it's dispensable for the person but not for the virus, then it's a terrific finding. You could create a mutant copy of CKR-5 or inhibit its expression or use chemicals to inactivate...
...hour before each meal are a routine part of dining. The diabetic either does not make enough insulin to digest sugars or does not use the insulin efficiently. New classes of drugs may make keeping track of sugar levels easier. Some of these work in the small intestine to inhibit the absorption of carbohydrates (which raise blood-sugar levels) after a meal, while others stop the liver from producing excess amounts of sugar. This summer a new type of insulin, Humalog, reputedly capable of acting more than twice as fast as other versions, hit the market...