inactivate

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“I also want to just stress that there’s nothing, there’s no cooking of the mushroom or freezing of the mushroom that would inactivate the toxin,” Smollin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Research so far has shown that virus particles end up in the milk of infected cows, but that pasteurization will inactivate the virus.

From Salon • May 20, 2024

“The decision to inactivate comes after concerns about clinical processes and documentation were identified,” the hospital said in a statement.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

By engineering the mouse embryo to kill or inactivate its own olfactory neurons, the researchers could easily determine if rat neurons had restored the animals' sense of smell.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Extracts in which no attempt was made to inactivate the enzymes present proved unsatisfactory.

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.