The phrase "adapted by altering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a process of modification or change to something in order to make it suitable for a different purpose or context.
Example: "The original design was adapted by altering its dimensions to fit the new specifications."
Alternatives: "modified through changes" or "adjusted by making alterations."
In response to hypoxic conditions, tumor cells are able to adapt by altering metabolism and phenotypic characteristics [20],[20].
With a chronically increasing demand for insulin in response to an increased metabolic load and peripheral insulin resistance, beta cells adapt by altering both functionality and mass [ 1– 5].
We have previously shown that cigarette smoke extract (CSE) represents an environmental stress to which P. gingivalis adapts by altering the expression of several virulence factors – including major and minor fimbrial antigens (FimA and Mfa1, respectively) and capsule – concomitant with a reduced pro-inflammatory potential of intact P. gingivalis.
These results suggest aged skeletal muscle has an attenuated ability to adapt to inactivity by altering its size in response to inactivity.
An organization adapts to situations by altering the set of people, resources, knowledge, tasks, or the relations among these components to achieve its objectives.
With multimorbidity being the norm rather than the exception for older persons, they may have accepted it as part of the normal aging process and adapted to this deterioration by altering their expectations and norms, adapting to their situation, and adjusting their standards of "good" health accordingly.
In the 1970s CNC systems, controlled by dedicated mini- or microcomputers, were developed to enable machine tools to be readily adapted to different jobs by altering the control program, or software.
Hence, positive selection of the β-xylosidase gene could reflect functional optimization resulting in the expression of a biochemically better adapted protein, for example by altering its hydrolytic activity.
To evaluate whether constitutive activation of Akt affects the ability of cells to adapt to glucose withdrawal by altering lipid metabolism, we determined the rate of fatty acid oxidation and fatty acid synthesis in LN229 control cells or LN229 cells expressing myrAkt (Figure 5a, b).
Tumors exhibiting rapid growth often face insufficient blood flow to meet their high oxygen demands, but are able to adapt to hypoxic conditions by altering metabolism and phenotypic functions [20].
