uptake
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"We discovered that this membrane skeleton is actively regulating the nutrient uptake process of neurons," Zhou said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
There's been a greater uptake in CPR done before ambulance staff arrive, he said, as well as a "dramatic uptick in the number of public access defibrillators that are registered".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Roughly 26 percent of the trees' yearly carbon uptake happened after growth had ceased.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The segment—assembled mostly through dealmaking—is the group’s fastest-growing, thanks to the rising uptake of two medicines for rare liver diseases that were approved in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Luckily, he wasn't too quick on the uptake.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
"Basically, these are all just different systems of encapsulating your molecule so that the bodily more readily uptakes it," Boyar says.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2023
Tower Hamlets has seen one of the lowest uptakes of vaccines in the UK throughout the pandemic.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2022
Eighteen other workers had unintended uptakes of less than 1 millirem after passing by the area of the airborne radioactive particles as they evacuated the room.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
Italy has one of the highest vaccine uptakes in the world with 80% of the population having received either one or two jabs, while around 15% of people have had a booster shot.
From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2021
The uptakes by which the waste gases were conveyed to the funnels were united immediately above the water-tight bulkhead which separated the boiler rooms.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British
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