Sentences with phrase «shielded by a barrier»

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Icelandic Glacial is the super-premium natural spring water, bottled at the source from Iceland's legendary Ölfus Spring, which was formed more than 5,000 years ago and is shielded from pollution by an impenetrable barrier of lava rock.
The brain is a glaring exception because it is protected by an intricate shield known as the blood - brain barrier.
The other major requirement — massive shielding — is fulfilled by the depth of the mine, with its natural barrier of tons of rock between the experiment and the surface 2,341 feet above.
LA JOLLA — A synthetic derivative of vitamin D was found by Salk Institute researchers to collapse the barrier of cells shielding pancreatic tumors, making this seemingly impenetrable cancer much more susceptible to therapeutic drugs.
Delivering drugs to the brain is complicated because the three - pound organ is shielded by a complex network of blood vessels, called the blood - brain barrier, that keeps out foreign substances.
But the brain is shielded from these particles by the so - called blood - brain barrier.
Melanin, the dark pigment that we get when we tan, is produced to shield the skin from further UV exposure by providing a type of barrier.
The game gets you deeply involved rather quickly starting off with standard enemies without shields at first and then quickly exposing you to enemies with barriers that can only be damaged by specific Furies.
Experts decry the practice of building levees to shield new construction from risks because water displaced by such barriers must, thanks to gravity and hydrology, go somewhere else.
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