in isolation
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The effect of a mutation cannot always be understood in isolation.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
In the Netherlands, Radboud University Hospital said Friday it had admitted a patient with a "low suspicion" of Ebola and had put him in isolation pending the result of diagnostic tests.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
He spent three weeks in isolation after catching Ebola while caring for patients in Liberia.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
Meanwhile, a British man with suspected hantavirus on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, is in a stable condition and in isolation.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
If everything in the universe depends on everything else in a fundamental way, it might be impossible to get close to a full solution by investigating parts of the problem in isolation.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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