Sentence examples for made them sensitive from inspiring English sources

They became known in Washington for a Brahmin superciliousness, tending to cruelty, which did not endear them to those whose non-Brahmin backgrounds made them sensitive to it, such as Lyndon Johnson.

BIM was predominantly associated with BCL-2 in parental cells, which made them sensitive to ABT-199.

The stem cell sensitivity to redox signaling also makes them sensitive targets for antioxidants, which, if targeted to mitochondria, show dose-dependent benefits or toxicity.

Analogues to moral sensitivity exist in cases where people's interests and training make them sensitive to horticultural, fiscal, and emotional facts.

Optogenetics relies on the ability to insert a protein into nerve cells that will make them sensitive to light.

Both groups had initially had cancers that were fueled by estrogen, making them sensitive to the estrogen-blocking effects of tamoxifen.

Locusts have special features in their compound eyes that make them sensitive to polarized light; the insects can analyze polarization patterns to help with navigation.

The first step, using a virus to gain entry, is to infect a specific group of brain cells with a protein that makes them sensitive to light.

A European spacecraft, launched in October, has two gamma ray instruments, and their software is being modified to make them sensitive to polarization.

Two genes were introduced into the cells – one to make them sensitive to glucose levels and a second to instruct the cell to pump out insulin when glucose levels exceeded a threshold.

On his Web site, Kahnmedical.com, Dr. Kahn wrote that he supported "programs for the prevention of blindness in the Kuna and Embera Indians of Panama," who have high rates of ocular albinism, which makes them sensitive to light.