diseased

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However, there was ongoing debate about whether it mainly transported potassium ions or protons, and how those movements affected cell function in both healthy and diseased states.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Roberts doesn’t offer much empathy for the poor, diseased critter other than a pause when Ben momentarily ponders his reflection in a pool as Adrian Johnston’s eerie synth-piano score tinkles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

"It's like giving an old electronic a new battery pack. Instead of tossing them out, we are plugging fully-charged batteries from healthy cells into diseased ones."

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

The plans show 70% of the trees would be retained along the path with reports saying 25% of the vegetation "needing scaling back due to it being dead, diseased or invasive species".

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Some bacteria are only harmful to us when they make exotoxins, and they only do this when they are, in a sense, diseased themselves.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas