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disease

[dih-zeez] / dɪˈziz /


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For divarasib, Roche is conducting other late-stage clinical trials to test whether it works in earlier phases of the disease, either as a stand-alone treatment or in combination with Merck’s Keytruda.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Although he had suffered from health problems for years, including Parkinson's disease and a fractured vertebra, his death was a shock.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

"Gathering round the animal will intensify their distress, and it is possible for disease to be passed to humans," it added.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Both have previously been linked to protection against cardiovascular disease and neurodegeneration, the gradual deterioration of nerve cells that occurs in conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Lice carried an infectious disease called trench fever, characterized by chills and high fever, which put thousands of men out of action.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

As AI has the potential to cure diseases, it also causes rifts in pretty much every creative industry, including literature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Higher sales for top-selling drugs such as Ocrevus for multiple sclerosis, Hemlibra for hemophilia, and Vabysmo for eye diseases helped Roche’s core pharma business deliver top-line growth of 8%, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The couple created the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropic organization whose efforts include curing, managing and preventing all diseases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

However, further studies are needed to determine how broadly this mechanism operates and whether it directly contributes to these diseases.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

I learned more about the cruelty of Jalazone life from the infectious diseases my brothers brought home.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

"Boosting immune cell fitness may also help with other conditions where the immune system fails to clear diseased cells," Beyaz says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The first starts with terror of the unknown and unseen but culminates in sheer pathos; the latter keeps the reader guessing: Is the creature real or merely the product of a diseased imagination?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Humans usually contract it from fleas that have fed on infected wild rodents, or sometimes by handling the tissue or body fluids of a diseased animal, according to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

He is also concerned about unregulated nurseries selling unidentified, or diseased plants.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

From the early years of the battle for the elms to the present time, it has relied upon rigorous sanitation, or the prompt removal and destruction of all diseased or infected wood.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

They provide for your wants, hearken to your complaints, nurture you in sickness, with a diseasing fondness, and so render you incapable.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms

In either case we have diabetes, the sugar irritating and diseasing the kidneys as it passes.”

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen


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