How to Use receptor in a Sentence
receptor
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Melatonin works on its own, separate receptor, and is much safer.
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2021 -
That mutation changed one amino acid — a building block of proteins — in the receptor-binding domain.
— Liz Szabo, Quartz, 29 July 2021 -
The analog even bound more strongly to nicotine receptors than nicotine itself and was more toxic to airway cells.
— Bradley Van Paridon, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2024 -
Researchers say Belviq targets a slightly different receptor that is not found in heart cells and therefore should not cause valve problems.
— John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2021 -
Covid goes after the ACE2 protein, which isn’t a typical receptor for a virus to latch onto.
— Doug Strickland, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2021 -
Worse, some people will develop withdrawal symptoms while still taking them, because the body responds to chronic use by changing the receptor, leading to less effect of the medicine over time.
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2021 -
The system fails to account for biased agonism of the mu-opioid receptor and the lack of beta-arrestin activation by mitragynines.
— Mason Marks, STAT, 26 Aug. 2021 -
The medications work by binding to the brain’s opioid receptors to block cravings and withdrawal symptoms without causing a high in a person with an opioid use disorder.
— Kim Krisberg, NPR, 16 Sep. 2024 -
This is where the receptor agonist part of the name comes from.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023 -
These sensors serve the same purpose as the receptors in your nose.
— Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 30 May 2024 -
Opioids bind to certain parts of the brain, called mu receptors.
— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023 -
But the binding also had to be reversible so the drug could find its way to GLP-1 receptors in the pancreas.
— Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023 -
The medicine makes the brain receptor more sensitive to GABA.
— Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023 -
The receptors are on the inside of your GI tract, so putting something on the outside is unlikely to help in the long run.
— Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023 -
In their lab studies, the team found that THC also binds to that receptor in blood vessels.
— NBC News, 30 Apr. 2022 -
Rather, all of the key receptor types were sprinkled throughout New York and China alike.
— Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022 -
The placenta, the new organ that forms to nourish the fetus, presents new receptors for the disease to bind to.
— Zoya Teirstein, Vox, 30 May 2024 -
Once on the surface, they can be recognized by a receptor on the surface of T-cells.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022 -
Some research teams are focusing on the ACE2 receptor, a protein found on the surface of the cells of many species.
— New York Times, 22 Feb. 2022 -
An example is the gene that codes for the ACE2 receptor, a protein on the surface of cells that the virus uses to slip inside.
— Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2022 -
Because the simplest versions of this just put in one new receptor.
— Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023 -
The team needed to make sure the ABA receptor could sense the pesticide but still be able to perform its usual job.
— WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023 -
This region codes for a part of the viruses receptor binding domain -- the part of the virus that docks onto a door on the outside of our cells.
— Brenda Goodman, CNN, 3 May 2022 -
Delta 8 like Delta 9 binds to the CB1 receptor in the brain, which is what gives cannabis its psychoactive properties.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022 -
The receptor is found throughout our body, including the inside of our mouth.
— Ken Kawada, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2022 -
According to a study, the seeds of wild chili peppers are often spread by birds, which do not have heat receptors in their mouths.
— Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 16 June 2023 -
Both are naturally produced in the body and the drug targets receptors in the brain for these hormones.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023 -
This means that if one human-smell receptor isn’t working for some reason, the bugs have a backup.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2022 -
Blocking this receptor hinders the production of T cells that can help heal wounds on the barrier of the skin, lungs and gut.
— Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 July 2024 -
Lehner says ticks have a strong sense of smell in order to find food sources, which is why blocking their scent receptors is a sure way to keep them away.
— Steven Rowe, Health, 28 Aug. 2023
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