Word: inhibits
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...scientists found that certain mutations of a gene called GPR54 will inhibit the onset of puberty in both mice and humans. The Harvard research team studied the genetic material of humans presenting this condition, which is far more likely to be found in individuals with closely blood-related parents...
...this, he took a data set provided by Virco Group—a Belgium-based biotech company—containing both sequences of the protease genome and measurements of the amount of amprenavir necessary to inhibit replication of HIV by 50 percent for 2,747 patients...
Recently-acquired knowledge of the entire genetic sequences of many deadly pathogens will aid tremendously in the research, he said. Scientists hope to duplicate proteins created by pathogens in order to survive, and then create drugs to inhibit those particular proteins, destroying the pathogen, Kasper said...
Meanwhile, lab studies on rats have alternately suggested that isoflavones inhibit and stimulate breast-cancer tumor growth. Recent studies showing that estrogen in hormone replacement therapy actually increases the risk of breast cancer and heart disease in postmenopausal women have scared some women...
Although the mechanism is not clear, it appears that in this type of dementia, language is not required for--and may even inhibit--certain types of visual creativity. "We typically don't think that something could be getting better," says Miller. Chang's experience underscores the fact that dementia is rarely a simple, one-dimensional disease. It also reminds us to treasure what is spared. --By David Bjerklie