suppressive

Example Sentences

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"By liberating these cells from the suppressive environment and growing them in the lab, we can rescue their tumor-fighting capacity when infused back into the patient."

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

"These memory immune cells with latent suppressive properties act as a fail-safe mechanism in addition to the protection from traditional memory suppressive T cells."

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

That is why I believe protecting libraries from suppressive movements is a societal necessity.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

They have been through their own suppressive or traumatic environments and fell in love.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2023

That these undesirable after-effects of diphtheria do not occur when the disease is treated by natural methods, but that they are the result of the antitoxin treatment and of its suppressive effect upon. the disease.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry