secrete
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RNA-based monitoring may offer an advantage because cancer cells actively secrete RNA rather than passively shedding DNA.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 17, 2026
Beavers were hunted to extinction in Britain 400 years ago for their meat, furry water-resistant pelts and a substance they secrete called castoreum - used in food, medicine and perfume.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
Her team pays attention to other stress markers, such as that they secrete mucus when biologically stressed.
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
Hairs covering the stems, leaves and flowers have glands that secrete a sticky substance containing prenylated phenols, which cause an itchy rash, according to Lewis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2025
Tufts of feathers sprout from the chicken’s skull, and its feet secrete a sticky liquid.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Anti-obesity treatments mimic a hormone secreted by the intestines, GLP-1.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Proteins secreted through this system can protect antibodies from breaking down, which strengthens immune defenses and may improve the effectiveness of oral vaccines.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Released in 2010, “Tangled” is Disney’s animated take on the fairy tale “Rapunzel,” about a young princess with long blond magical hair who had been unknowingly kidnapped and secreted away in an isolated tower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
We analyzed cell-free RNA from 25 cancer cell lines across 9 tissue types and found that about 30% of oncRNAs are actively secreted.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 17, 2026
“You will not be the first royal son of a slave to be secreted in the bulrushes.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
This system was able to test both direct, physical interactions among the bacteria, as well as whether these species could affect each other from a distance, for example by secreting active substances.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
The researchers isolated vSSCs from people undergoing spinal surgery and found that human vSSCs secreting MFGE8 were more likely to interact with cancer cells than vSSCs that were not secreting the protein.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2023
He adds that this is the first record of land-dwelling invertebrates producing and secreting this particular neurotoxin.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 4, 2023
The bacteria works by secreting a small molecule, known as harmane, which inhibits the early stages of the malaria parasite growing in the mosquito's gut.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2023
Their enemies are now dead so there is no need for the mites to spend their energy in secreting protective webbing.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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