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Example sentences for: prevent

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Thus, we postulated that the lack of down-regulation in the human alpha-2C subtype is related to having only two rather than four serines in the motif, and that mutating the threonine and serine residues at the end of the opossum EESSTSE motif to valine and alanine residues to give EESSVAE might prevent down-regulation of the opossum alpha-2C receptor.
Forget about saving the whales: Time reports that the overfishing of sharks for fins (an Asian delicacy) and cartilage (mistakenly thought to prevent cancer) has brought several species to low population levels.
In speeches, he accepts "blame" for everything Congress does wrong, says he "failed" to prevent it, and vows to "try harder" next time.
7 billion would be incurred slaughtering at-risk cattle culled to prevent BSE spread, and that costs of $593 million would be incurred imposing feed regulations at the time BSE was detected.
Spending limits don't prevent anyone from expressing an opinion.