The phrase "able to impair or" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the potential to cause damage or harm to something or someone.
Example: "The medication is able to impair or alter cognitive functions in some patients."
Alternatives: "capable of damaging" or "able to hinder".
Eventually, it has to be investigated in future whether Th17 cells can recognise tumour cells and if they are at all able to impair tumour growth or metastasis in vivo and if they do so, one has to elucidate the exact mechanism of action.
An earlier study reported that the muscarinic receptor agonist pilocarpine was able to impair PPI in normal rats (Stanhope et al, 2001).
Bills have been introduced in both houses of Congress allowing Puerto Rico's public enterprises access to the bankruptcy courts under Chapter 9; if that were enacted, Puerto Rico might be able to impair its revenue debts.
Since biochemical and molecular alterations of sperm cells are known to be associated with impaired sperm quality, our findings suggest that involuntary smoking is potentially able to impair fertility in subjects exposed early in life.
The use of sugar moiety in the structure of sulfonamide-based CA inhibitors (CAIs), has allowed the discovery of very potent CA IX inhibitors able to impair the growth of both primary tumors and metastases.
Military officials cited operational concerns but did not provide details. "Until these issues are embedded in the DNA of the Pentagon and its various military commands, decisions by different parts of the military will be able to impair how the department handles civilian harm," Woods said.
Voinnet set out to investigate the other part of the story--the virus's response--which led to his discovery of a large variety of viral proteins able to impair the plant's silencing mechanism.
Our experiments lead to three interesting results: (1) there is a significant advantage in using SIFT classification, (2) the classification-based attack is robust against different SIFT implementations, and (3) we are able to impair a state-of-the-art SIFT-based copy-move detector in realistic cases.
Interestingly, GSK3 inhibition decreases HDAC6 activity [44], but also is able to impair axon formation [45].
Also interesting is the observation that anelloviruses may be able to impair replication of other viruses.
