modification
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This modification was designed to recruit and stimulate nearby immune cells, including T cells, which can help mount a stronger attack against cancer.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
She also ordered the government to give three business days' notice before making any further "irreparable modification" to the East Potomac golf course and scheduled a follow-up hearing for October 19.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Riders of legal electrically assisted pedal bikes must be at least 14, and any illegal modification means the bikes qualify as a motor vehicle/moped, requiring registration, a driving licence, tax and insurance.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Nevertheless, keeping a creditworthy borrower in a home through a sustainable modification and resolving the arrearage through a subordinate lien can be dramatically less costly than allowing the loan to fail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He hoped, however, to save the situation by a modification suggested by his colleague Verner Schomaker.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
For his current home, he plans to make whatever modifications the eventual buyer’s insurer demands and is already letting the plants near the exterior die off for easier removal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The broader lesson, according to the researchers, is that the developmental stage of an immune cell may be just as important as the genetic modifications used to turn it into a treatment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Self-expression is such an important part of living your truth as a trans person,” she says, so “it’s only right to see body modifications being available safely in a place like this.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Numerous modifications have been made to the black-and-silver behemoth, the largest and most powerful object ever to have flown.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
In his correspondence with the boatbuilder, he threatened to buy his equipment from an English supplier, demanded price concessions, and insisted on design modifications if he were to buy.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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