Sentences with phrase «to block action»

The hormonal drug blocks the action of progesterone which is essential to maintain pregnancy.

Typically used in conjunction with radiation, hormone therapy works to keep cancer cells from growing by removing or blocking the action of certain hormones.

It does so by blocking the action of the sensory nerves, thereby halting the cough reflex.

Thinktanks, litigation groups, climate scientists, political organisations, dozens of organisations blocking action on climate all receiving funding from the coal industry,» said Nick Surgey, director of research for the Center for Media and Democracy.

But large developing countries, including China, India, and Brazil, blocked action at the 2009 and 2010 meetings of the protocol's signatories, arguing that the timeline to cut HFCs was too rapid.

Not coincidentally, I've been talking to clients and friends who are dealing with situations in which one employee is either bullying others or simply blocking action so no one can get anything else done.

Courts blocked those actions in some cases, thereby enabling the organization to continue to receive government funds.

That reduces the bug's fitness but also blocks action by the streptomycin.

Dressed as corporate lobbyists, they constructed a huge blockade of leaky oil barrels and bags of coal, to symbolise the dirty energy companies blocking action on climate change.

-LSB-...] some are unclear on why this specific blocking action has taken place, and some have indicated that low solar activity is probably the cause, rather than man's -LSB-...]

An experimental chemical that blocked its action created temporary geniuses: Mice on it were whizzes in the Morris water maze.

The AGW deniers are effectively blocking action on doing anything on AGW, and I doubt they will ever agree to a multinational global effort in geoengineering.

The drugs block the action of mitochondria.

And because of evidence that the common seizure medication valproic acid can influence the regulation of autophagy, they decided to test whether it could synergize with neratinib to further block the actions of Ras.

Yet Senate Republicans have repeatedly blocked action.

And we will stop the energy companies from blocking action by Ofgem, which can delay matters by a year.

Last year Flanagan successfully blocked any action reforming the LLC loophole that allows corporations to make unlimited campaign contributions.

«Sure enough, even after blocking the action of acetylcholine pharmacologically, the isolated iris sphincter muscle still contracted in response to light, adding confidence to the notion that the muscle is itself light - sensitive because it contains melanopsin,» Yau says of the present work.

Standard hormone therapy blocks the action of male sex hormones, halting the disease.

Statins block the action of an enzyme, HMG - CoA reductase, which is essential to the process.

«Caffeine in coffee and other beverages blocks the actions of adenosine in the brain.

«The effect of sleep deprivation on pain sensitivity in operated and intact rats was virtually eliminated by pharmacologically blocking the action of adenosine in a brain region in the anterior hypothalamus known to regulate sleep, which is connected to major pain - related areas,» Vanini says.

He grew cells that produced enzyme AC1 in culture and then added hundreds of different compounds, hoping that one would latch on to the enzyme and thus block its action.

In the newly published paper, the researchers used drugs that selectively block the action of the neurotransmitter, noradrenaline, in the BNST and CeA rather than the entire function.

Because maraviroc blocks the actions of CCL5, it could be delivered, along with standard chemotherapy, right after surgically removing a tumor in a bid to prevent any leftover circulating tumor cells from finding a new metastatic niche in the body, Popel says.

Progesterone - receptor modulators block the action of the ovarian hormone progesterone and decrease fibroid symptoms and reduce fibroid volume but are currently not available in the United States.

In 2002 Joslin researcher Steven Shoelson knew that salicylates block the action of a protein called NFkB, a genetic master switch in the liver that helps launch a cascade of genes that cause the chronic, low - grade inflammation associated with diabetes.

Propranolol blocks the action of adrenaline, so it prevented her from tensing up and getting anxious.

AM251 blocked the action of the synthetic cannabinoid on one of the brain receptors and led to a loss of the cannabinoid - related behavioural effects within a few minutes.

Pembrolizumab blocks the action of the tumor - surface protein PD - 1, which many cancers use to hide themselves from immune system T cells.

VHL normally blocks the action of HIF - 1, a protein that the Hopkins group discovered in 1992.

The body keeps storing excess glucose as fat, and the extra insulin that is excreted blocks the action of fat burning enzymes, reducing the body's ability to burn stored fat.

These toxins block the action of enzymes that have the responsibility of digesting certain proteins, but it can also lead to a host of other problems.

This is due to substances in apple juice blocking the action of transporters that help move a drug into cells for absorption.

Quercetin is an amazing plant flavonoid that reduces inflammation and directly blocks the action of the histamines and other biochemicals that cause allergic sneezing and sniffling.

Only recently has it come to light that a proprietary form of seaweed extract called InSea2 ® blocks the action of glucosidase and amylase - enzymes your body uses to break down carbohydrates into glucose, facilitating its transport into the bloodstream.

To keep it more me, though, my look combines blue and purple for some mod, quasi-color block action.

Using the new safeguarding report feature also enables the user to monitor blocked actions and search terms, improving the identification of, protection from and reporting of incidents and system attacks.

These can be alleviated slightly by either skipping blocked actions or falling back on AI behaviours that manage exceptions.

Yet, Tokyo seems paralyzed by the same combination of nationalist passions and entrenched bureaucratic interests that have previously blocked any action to limit the three - decade - old whaling program.

I often thought he could have played a great role in clarifying — if not necessarily resolving — the intense, longstanding disputes blocking action to achieve the 18 - year - old goals of the ailing Framework Convention on Climate Change.

This administration includes a number of climate deniers who could try to re-negotiate the Paris Agreement, which could profoundly impact its effectiveness; in a worst - case scenario, these officials would simply try to block any action through the arcane, yet important, United Nations (UN) rules of procedure, or attempt to water down the rules and seriously risk the environmental integrity of the post-2020 world.

to sow deception about climate change and block action at every level.

Puerto Rico's supporters in the White House, in Congress, and the Treasury Department have been trying to create a bankruptcy process for Puerto Rico, but bondholder organizations have characterized this as a «bailout» and blocked action in Congress.