Sentences with phrase «biologically inert»

In the early 20th century, hyaluronic acid was believed to be biologically inert, simply a structural molecule in the skin, while as recently as the 1990s, there were doubts over whether oral hyaluronic acid achieved anything.

However, at the other end of the scale, excessive exposure to sunlight does not result in vitamin D overdose, because previtamin D3 and vitamin D3 are photolyzed to biologically inert chemicals before they can build up to dangerous levels.

The reason why the cell membrane deteriorates and is not responsive to insulin is due to the prolonged use of damaged fats, such as polyunsaturated fats and cooking oils that are rendered biologically inert and may be toxic.

«It may be possible to modify industrially promising chemicals to biologically inert forms that can't be activated.»

Winner: ToleRaM Nanotech LLC — developed as a platform to synthesize and market novel delivery devices wherein antirejection drugs are encapsulated in a biologically inert nanoparticle device and delivered in a focused manner to a transplanted organ with triggered - release

Such materials are biologically inert, so they should not be rejected by the immune system.

Once considered biologically inert, the body's most abundant sugar can permanently alter some proteins.

They become biologically inert.

Because this is made of collagen, a biologically inert material, there is no issue of the recipient's body rejecting it.

Not exact matches

The work built off a seminal finding by Gao and colleagues, published in 2007 in Nature Nanotechnology, showing that nanoparticles, long believed to be biologically and chemically inert, could in fact possess enzyme - like properties.