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Recent Examples of germinal
Vaccines combining slow release and follicle targeting of antigens increase germinal center B cell diversity and clonal expansion.
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Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
Vinuesa and her team were able to figure out one key alternate pathway, one not involving the lymph node germinal center, with the help of a few Kikas.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 18 June 2022
Researchers showed last year that the elite school inside of lymph nodes where the B cells train, called the germinal center, remains active for at least 15 weeks after the second dose of a covid vaccine.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2022
Researchers showed last year that the elite school inside of lymph nodes where the B cells train, called the germinal center, remains active for at least 15 weeks after the second dose of a Covid vaccine.
—New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
But first those memory cells get trained in immune system boot camps called germinal centers, learning to do more than just make copies of their original antibodies.
—Carla K. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Jan. 2022
Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
Vinuesa and her team were able to figure out one key alternate pathway, one not involving the lymph node germinal center, with the help of a few Kikas.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 18 June 2022
Researchers showed last year that the elite school inside of lymph nodes where the B cells train, called the germinal center, remains active for at least 15 weeks after the second dose of a covid vaccine.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2022
Researchers showed last year that the elite school inside of lymph nodes where the B cells train, called the germinal center, remains active for at least 15 weeks after the second dose of a Covid vaccine.
—New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
But first those memory cells get trained in immune system boot camps called germinal centers, learning to do more than just make copies of their original antibodies.
—Carla K. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for germinal
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Perhaps Hoard’s insights explain why Lightfoot was so reluctant to share it in its embryonic stage.—
John U. Bacon,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Dickey-Wicker amendment, passed that same year, forbids the use of tax dollars in embryonic stem cell research.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Botswana’s fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, African wild dogs, baobab trees, crocodiles, termites and owls that catch fish.—
Jessica Beaudette,
The Conversation,
11 Oct. 2025
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In the 1970s, when game replays of both programs aired late Saturday nights on public television in Dubuque, Iowa and Wisconsin were equally terrible, and the city was fertile ground for whichever program got off the mat.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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But waves at much higher frequencies, produced by phenomena like primordial black holes or processes in the early universe, have remained elusive.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, Colossal is using a similar culture to grow the primordial germ cells of the Nicobar pigeon, which is more closely related to the dodo.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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If Justice’s claims survive Suno’s motion to dismiss, the suit could move into a fact-intensive discovery phase that may reveal how generative-music systems are built.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce is ramping up partnerships with leaders in generative artificial intelligence as investors continue to fear that the software company faces business risks due to the rapid growth of AI.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the leading cause of infant suffocation during sleeping hours is soft bedding.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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American pediatricians count the number of ounces of milk and feeds per day, discourage night feedings and push to wean mainly to infant formula by the first birthday, even as the World Health Organization recommends two years or beyond. La Leche League, in contrast, is adamantly pro-breastfeeding.—
Alexandra Bregman,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Deep in the seething, fecund Amazon jungle, a seeker finds wisdom, beauty, exciting new recipes, and inexhaustible armadas of biting insects.—
Olivia James,
Outside Online,
24 Apr. 2025
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Those resources proved to be less fecund than anticipated.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Each had budding professional and academic careers.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025
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Look-alike models are a danger in the hands of a budding authoritarian state.—
David Karpf,
The Atlantic,
24 Sep. 2025
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But the findings imply data-poisoning attacks could be much easier, and become much more prolific, than people originally assumed.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Chalfant is a prolific presence on both Broadway and Off-Broadway.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Germinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/germinal. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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