interfere

These specially designed DNA molecules can interfere with the activity of specific genes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Once attached to their target, they can interfere with gene transcription, the process cells use to make RNA from DNA instructions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

One might reduce bleeding, for example, while another could interfere with enzyme activity.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

And I never allow anything to interfere with me when I am playing that game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

But it’s still not your turn because first the hyenas and jackals—and you don’t dare interfere with them—scavenge the leftovers.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

That binding interferes with transcription of the gene, either by disrupting the activity of RNA polymerase, the enzyme that produces RNA, or by preventing transcription factors from attaching to DNA.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Iran’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz interferes with petroleum movement and fertilizer shipments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

And both have their reasons for rejecting science that interferes with their own interests.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

If investors conclude for themselves that having a high concentration of individual stocks interferes with their goals, they might forgo this approach.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Like the dinitros, it interferes, often fatally, with the body’s source of energy, so that the affected organism almost literally burns itself up.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Notwithstanding the streetcar companies’ complaints that these efforts interfered with commuters’ need to earn a living, the animal-rights movement became an influential force in local politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

When the scientists lowered the amount of available glucose or interfered with this pathway, the stem cells changed what they produced.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

On Tuesday, China's foreign ministry said its cooperation with Iran has "always been conducted within the framework of international law and should not be interfered with or disrupted".

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

But the new plan, issued in 2021, favored the ranchers, extending them 20-year leases, and allowed for the killing of elk if they interfered with cattle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

She’d grown accustomed to their presence, always steeling herself when she had to pass through a cluster of them, but they had never interfered with her before.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

A small interfering RNA drug, or siRNA, “turns off” specific genes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

But, she added, some things could be better managed to keep outside factors from interfering with matches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

For those of us in the United States, our job is to stop our government from interfering.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Commissioner's office said the scope of the review had been carefully designed to avoid interfering with other judicial or conduct processes.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

“You shouldn’t be interfering by taking him for special coaching sessions,” the man was saying to Frank.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge