Sentences with phrase «as an antagonist for»

It directly works as an antagonist for the excess acetylcholine in the nervous system.

Oh, and because it's an X-Men film and those can never stray too far from the same plot, Magneto (Fassbender) is once again involved as an antagonist for the team of scrappy mutants.

With him surviving the end of the latest game and the ensuing Vergil's Downfall DLC, getting his own title might not be too far - fetched plot-wise, even with his implied status as an antagonist for the possible next game.

But just as Wario was seemingly created as an over-exaggerated parody of Mario, so too was Waluigi made in such fashion as an antagonist for Luigi by Camelot Software's Fumihide Aoki.

Not exact matches

For this reason we probably ought to distinguish between anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish thought — the former being that modern phenomenon all democratic persons are eager to combat; the latter the expressions of hostility or dislike found in earlier periods as a result of the specific religious and historical role the Jews and their antagonists have played.

But what is really needed here is a shift of perspective that recognizes antagonists (on both sides) as human beings with aspirations for their children and their children's children.

These last factors, whatever their merits, have been around for thousands of years and as antagonists of religious faith are neither stronger nor weaker than they ever were.

We are hearing more voices of women who regard men and women as partners rather than antagonists in the eternal quest for better ways to love and work.

It is a response which calls for a multiple relationship to the media, sometimes dealing with it as partner, occasionally as the enemy, often as antagonist, certainly always as one to be befriended wherever possible.

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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had taken on high - profile roles as an advocate for women's issues and an antagonist to the policies of President Donald Trump, announced late Monday that he would be resigning from office hours after four women he was romantically involved with or had romantic interactions with accused him of physical violence in accounts published by The New Yorker.

Mayoral control itself was granted another year, meaning Mayor Bill de Blasio — an antagonist for both Senate Republicans and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo — will have to return for a third straight year to lobby for renewal, this time as he runs for re-election.

NEW YORK (AP)-- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had taken on high - profile roles as an advocate for women's issues and an antagonist to the policies of President Donald Trump, announced late Monday that he would be resigning from office hours after four women he was romantically involved with accused him of physical violence in accounts published by The New Yorker.

NEW YORK >> New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had taken on high - profile roles as an advocate for women's issues and an antagonist to the policies of President Donald Trump, announced his resignation late Monday just hours after four women he was romantically involved with or had romantic interactions with accused him of physical violence in accounts published by The New Yorker.

He added: «We provide the first comprehensive recommendations on the use of NOACs in this setting, as well as more emphasis on the need for good anticoagulation control when vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) are used.

The researchers» antagonist molecule — synthesized by co-author Aishan Zhao, a graduate student in chemistry — diffused in the crevices and inactivated quorum sensing, which suggested that it could be used as a potential strategy for alleviating MRSA virulence.

No drug that functions as a CXCR4 antagonist for HIV has gotten over that bar.»

Several pharmaceutical companies are already working on developing KOR antagonists as a treatment for anxiety and drug abuse, Kash said.

«Patience is required until A2A adenosine receptor antagonists are approved as new therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease.

Several pharmaceutical companies are already working on developing KOR antagonists as a treatment for anxiety and drug abuse.

Plerixafor has been approved by the FDA as the first small - molecule CXCR4 antagonist for use in combination with granulocyte - colony stimulating factor (GCSF) to mobilize hematopoietic stem cells to the bloodstream for collection and subsequent autologous transplantation in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma.

For example, a recent patent application provided a series of variously substituted pyrimidines claimed as CXCR4 antagonists.

In order to explore new pharmacophore moieties, FC131 was used as a lead compound for the development of novel CXCR4 antagonists.

Newer CXCR4 antagonists are under clinical evaluation for therapeutic intervention in various cancers, hematologic and vascular disorders, HIV infection, and other immune system disorders involving the modulation of the SDF - 1 / CXCR4 axis, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus [54 - 56].

The company showed how they first defined A2A as the receptor required for mediating the effect of adenosine on immune cells within the tumor microenvironment and reported the characterization of a novel immuno - oncology - dedicated adenosine receptor 2A antagonist that functions in the high adenosine concentration found in tumors.

Combining computational methods with site directed mutagenesis we have studied antagonist binding for several chemokine receptors such as CCR1, CCR2, CCR3, CCR5, CXCR1, CXCR2, CXCR3, and CXCR4.

«Successful antagonists, following clinical trials for safety and efficacy, could be incorporated into the seasonal vaccine as a way of enhancing responses.

This study illustrates the potential benefits of using GHRH antagonists for the treatment of cancers that are highly resistant to cytotoxic agents such as doxorubicin.

The primary treatment for LUTS, BPH and CP in conventional medicine involves the use of alpha - adrenergic antagonist drugs (such as Flomax) and 5 - alpha - reductase inhibitor drugs.

As you can see above all the agonist and antagonist muscle groups are placed at least 48 hours apart for full recovery.

Note that supersets are the most effective for antagonist muscles, such as the triceps and the biceps.

It's also effective to alternate agonist / antagonist exercises to increase motor unit activation, as long as you allow for enough rest in - between sets.

For example, enterolactone made from flaxseed lignans has been shown to be an estrogen agonist (promoting estrogen production, through increased formation of transcription factors like ER - alpha and ER - beta), as well as an estrogen antagonist (working against estrogen production, through inhibition of enzymes like estrogen synthetase).

Sure it doesn't make much sense that the teenagers of this small town that has outlawed dancing for five years could all dance so well, yet this is an enjoyable film with a great soundtrack and John Lithgow as a character who is more complex than your typical zealot antagonist.

Critics Consensus: 47 Meters Down doesn't take its terrifying premise quite as far as it should, but its toothy antagonists still offer a few thrills for less demanding genre enthusiasts.

All Access, Season 11, Episode 1: Following a thrilling bout, one described as Floyd Mayweather's toughest in a decade, antagonist Marcos Maidana is emboldened and irreverent to the pound - for - pound champ.

As an antagonist, Hela is essentially a placeholder for the movie's climactic battle.

Gleeson, on the other hand, has a harder circle to square, as both antagonist and romantic lead, and to his credit, he stays on the tightrope, even switching between both in one scene as he and Peter feign friendship for each other to appease Bea, only to be resume their fight every time she leaves the room.

I hope that whatever Tanabe's plan for Sylux may be, he casts the Bounty Hunter as a complex and popular antagonist that serves as a worthy successor to Ridley and Dark Samus, rather than a generic space terrorist who only seeks to cause rampant chaos with no ultimate goal whatsoever.

Main antagonist William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Apollo 13) brings full circle to both Lone Ranger and Tanto as he brings the duo together for similar reasons that make up the sub plot.

While Brown is the most talented actor in the cast, acclaimed veteran actor James Cromwell («The Artist») gives him a run - for - his - money with a solid supporting performance as one of the film's antagonists, Judge Foster.

He is best known for his roles as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, as Danny Tripp on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy - comedy The Good Guys, as Red John in the CBS series The Mentalist, and as antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison.

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, the new TV series for Amazon Studios currently in pre-production and starring John Krasinski as the famous fictional CIA analyst, will feature ISIS as the antagonists in its first season, as was revealed by Krasinski in an interview with Collider.

And the same promises of a persuasive villain were made for Cate Blanchett's Hela in Thor: Ragnarok, casting another acclaimed actor as a fun, but not exactly groundbreaking antagonist.

Artwork for the Omega Metroid was displayed, as well as art for a brand new antagonist in the game.

It's not the most promising way to kick things off (Brewer uses it to illustrate the deadly, post-party car crash that incites the no - song - and - dance law in the film's setting of Bomont, Tennessee), but its poor impression doesn't last long, as Brewer makes quick work of establishing a liberal and plausible adolescent atmosphere in which Big & Rich can be listened to just after Wiz Khalifa, an antagonist is offhandedly chewed out for using the word «fag,» and the black students nearly outnumber the white students in the high school hallways.

Doc is hyped as the main antagonist in the first act, but he's later humanized and shows surprising concern for Baby.

is a modern behind - the - scenes documentary that has the benefit of a few impassioned interviews, including one with actor William Zabka that reveals that this Johnny had thought through his rationalizations for kicking poor Daniel - san's ass to the point that he, to this day, doesn't see his character as an antagonist.

While Doctor Strange is an origin story for its title character, it also sneakily serves as an origin story for that character's next antagonist.

The children's rendition of Rambo is actually much easier to take and enjoy than its bloody source film, as daring stunts and goofy ideas (a scarecrow antagonist, a flying dog) stand in for post-Vietnam sadism.