Sentence examples for absence or malfunction from inspiring English sources

The absence or malfunction of this organ -- as with Dan or Esther -- becomes a pathological malfunction of the psyche.

It can and will cut the number of babies born with diseases like cystic fibrosis, which is caused by the absence or malfunction of a single inherited gene.

Mutations in the Wilson gene Atp7b result in an absence or malfunction of the Wilson protein [ 4].

In Wilson disease, copper is not sufficiently excreted into bile due to the absence or malfunction of the Wilson protein copper ATPase in the excretory pathway of hepatocytes.

The obvious implication of this is that chronic inflammatory pathologies could be in part explained by a 'failure to resolve' and, hence, be a consequence, again at least partly, to the absence or malfunction of one or more proresolving pathways.

It is also notable that the enzyme chitobiase, the only exoglycosidase in the bi-directional catabolic pathway for N-acetyllactosaminic glycoproteins apart from β-mannosidase, is highly expressed and said to substitute for β-mannosidase activity in its absence or malfunctioning in human and rodents but not in ruminants [ 37].

The absence or the malfunction of a single lysosomal hydrolase leads to the accumulation of its substrate as undegraded fragments in tissues and the appearance of related fragments in urine.

Biological goals : Health is absence of biological malfunction or disease (Goals 1 5).

Disturbance or malfunction of the functions of the nervous system causes changes felt throughout the body.

Other hardware-related complications include IPG migration, lead breakages or fractures, lead or extension disconnection or malfunction, programmer malfunction or IPG malfunction.

Consequently, overproduction, prolonged synthesis or malfunction of TGF-β1 might cause abnormal wound healing [8], [62].