barrier
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The cost of gene-editing therapies remains a barrier, especially for millions of patients in Africa, Asia and elsewhere around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
There, the car lost grip, and a high-speed tank-slapper spun Leclerc into the barrier at high-speed.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Using publicly available data, the team created detailed maps of breast cancer tumors and found distinct clusters of quiescent cells surrounded by other cells that may serve as a protective barrier.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
If the city ultimately decides a physical barrier is necessary, commissioners suggested a lower and more temporary fence, pointing to the chain-link fencing installed around Echo Park in 2021 and removed two years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
We had—or rather Gretchen had—found a way to break down the communication barrier and interlock with another species.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
Published in BioScience, the study brought together experts in tropical ecology from around the world to identify the main barriers to protecting insects and outline practical ways to overcome them.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
The trade is regulated by the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations body made up of 176 countries that have adopted its rules on safety, no-trade barriers and environmental protection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Giving students who face socioeconomic barriers reliable opportunities to move their bodies during the school day is especially important, according to the study that was published in 2017.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
"The markets are very cruel," he told AFP on the sidelines of the conference, lamenting the barriers that smallholders producing organic food face in reaching consumers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
There were also great differences in the completeness with which suites of crops and livestock spread, again implying stronger or weaker barriers to their spreading.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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