Word: inhibitive
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...know about how evolution works. In particular, they buy into the idea that evolution consists of a sort of generation-by-generation fine-tuning in each population as time passes. Under the benign guidance of natural selection (the name we give to any and all factors that promote or inhibit successful reproduction by members of those populations), this process of gradual change inexorably leads to improvement in the species and ultimately to new species as those improvements accumulate...
...data give statistical support to a long-suspected theory that cutting off a tumor's blood supply may shrink it. The article reports that when lower doses of traditional chemotherapy drugs were given more frequently to inhibit blood cell growth--known as angiogenesis--in test mice, 100 percent of drug-sensitive tumors were cured...
...Browder, who was working full-time in Folkman's laboratory, began experimenting with non-standard treatment regimens that utilized a standard chemotherapy drug, Cytoxan. He eventually developed a treatment schedule that appeared to inhibit the regeneration of endothelial cells--the cells that line blood vessels--in test mice...
...Justice Department correspondent Elaine Shannon. "Nobody knows these systems and their weaknesses better than the people who design and maintain them." After wrangling with top e-commerce sites over how to best guard against security breaches, the Clinton administration adopted the view that too much regulation and oversight would inhibit dynamism in a sector that's fueled the U.S. economy's record growth. What's more, firms that do business on the Web, particularly financial institutions, are reluctant to divulge any information on their online practices with federal regulators. The proposed center is an attempt for the government to remain...