Word: inhibitive
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CHOPSTICKS, PLEASE It may make your eyes tear, but wasabi, that fiery green stuff served with sushi, could be good for your teeth. Japanese researchers find that an ingredient in the Asian horseradish (no, it's not mustard) seems to inhibit the growth of bacteria linked to cavities. If raw fish doesn't hold much appeal, the cavity-fighting compounds, called isothiocyanates, are also present in cabbage...
...first and most famous of these are Wyeth-Ayerst’s Enbrel, and Remicade, manufactured by a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, which have been in use now for roughly two years. Both Enbrel and Remicade inhibit a key messenger in the inflammatory cascade known as the tumor necrosis factor (TNF). The drugs are both more effective than traditional medications, and more likely to slow down joint degradation. "The idea that biologics could prove effective against autoimmune diseases has been firmly established by the TNF story," says Dr. H. Michael Belmont of the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York...
Thanks to technologies spawned by genomics, the list of potential drug targets is growing rapidly. Human Genome Sciences and Seattle-based ZymoGenetics, for instance, are independently developing drugs to inhibit a newly discovered factor that stimulates B cells and is produced copiously in RA and lupus patients...
...year is required to attend a three-hour talk during orientation week about drugs and alcohol. All parties must be registered two days in advance, and the school is generally vigilant about shutting down parties by 1 a.m. Harvard's highly vocal anti-hazing and anti-fraternity stances further inhibit maltreatment of new athletes and students...
...most serious impact of these bad loans isn't the cost of writing them off. Rather it's that the borrowing countries are afflicted with nearly untreatable cases of what economists call "debt overhang," a fiscal disease by which loan repayments inhibit every sort of national economic activity. That makes the markets much less attractive to export-hungry U.S. companies. Debt relief, which at first blush looks like charity, is mostly a way to stimulate growth...