activating

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The results highlight acidity as a key factor in inactivating the pathogen during cheesemaking.

From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025

The vaccine, which cost pennies per dose, was made like the human one, by growing the virus in eggs and then inactivating it with chemicals.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 6, 2023

Phosphorylation adds a phosphate group to serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues in a protein, changing their shapes, and activating or inactivating the protein.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation, the placement of UV-C lamps in the air ducts or above dropped ceilings, is extremely effective at inactivating the coronavirus and influenza viruses and even tuberculosis bacteria.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2022

Now the newer study contends that inactivating the virus in the mouth’s saliva and mucous membranes could help reduce infection in the adjoining nasopharyngeal area, too.

From Scientific American • Feb. 24, 2022