resistance
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Co-corresponding author Director Kyungjae Myung remarked, "This study demonstrates that controlling the stability of DNA repair proteins can directly impact cancer cell survival. It also highlights a new therapeutic direction for overcoming drug resistance."
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
This happened during the nationwide #MeToo reckoning, but they still encountered resistance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Once on the offensive, in most places across Myanmar the resistance is now on the defensive.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
NEW YORK—Not long ago, Dan Goldman was a hero of the resistance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
What Washington saw as laziness or stupidity was really resistance.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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