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transporter

[trans-pawr-ter, -pohr-, trans-pawr-ter, -pohr-] / trænsˈpɔr tər, -ˈpoʊr-, ˈtrænsˌpɔr tər, -ˌpoʊr- /


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“I think short of the transporter, most things you see in science fiction are, in the next decade, the kinds of things you’ll see,” Bill Gates said in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Earlier treatment strategies tried to raise glycine levels by blocking GlyT1, another transporter that regulates glycine.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

Cells lining blood vessels in the brain contain a transporter called GLUT1 that normally carries glucose into the central nervous system.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

“It means UC’s most vulnerable workers will no longer have to choose between paying for healthcare and paying for groceries,” said Avant, who works as a patient transporter at UC San Diego Medical Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

The men experienced reduction in the dopamine transporter, a protein, as compared to a control group of nine men who were not compulsive Internet users.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Meanwhile, at the border with Turkmenistan, the gateway to China, transporters complain of constraints tied to a lack of warehouses and of a proper registration process to bring goods by rail to China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Police in India told CalMatters that the gangs often target “real estate developers, liquor contractors, transporters, and local businessmen” — people with higher incomes or assets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026

"These findings strongly support the idea that CoA is being imported into mitochondria, and these transporters are required for that to happen," says Shen.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

Companies working with the sanctioned firms risk secondary sanctions that would deny them access to US banks, traders, transporters, and insurers -- the backbone of the commodities market.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

The report also noted that the Pottses were the only transporters of that child.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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