Sentence examples for potential to resist from inspiring English sources

Tigecycline appears to have the potential to resist common mechanisms of resistance, as shown by unsuccessful attempts to create tigecycline-resistant isolates in the laboratory by exposing pathogens to suboptimal concentrations of the drug (Projan 2000).

Although exotic species may harbour diseases, they also possess the genetic potential to resist those diseases, and tree breeders in the USA strive to capture those resistance genes to restore threatened native species (Michler et al. 2006; Merkle et al. 2007; Jacobs et al. 2013).

Barash then asserts the "uniquely human potential to resist our own genes," and makes the further claim that it's exactly this ability that constitutes our humanity, thus making "rebellion" practically a duty.

The potential to resist reflection cracking may be improved with the inclusion of geosynthetic-interlayer.

The sulfonamide-containing polymers have great potential to resist gram-positive or gram-negative bacterial and fungal attacks.

Simulation results show that the proposed warning velocity can represent the vehicle potential to resist rollover and give appropriate prediction of vehicle rollover crashes in typical scenarios.

Residents of stigmatised places are more likely to welcome facilities that are relatively 'green', while people who derive a more positive sense of identity from particular rural landscapes are likely to resist such potential developments, especially if they also live there.

"It is imperative that there should be more action through health and education to prevent these crimes taking place in the first place and to arm potential victims to resist them," writes Baird.

CORALVILLE, Iowa — As Rick Santorum pondered something almost unthinkable a couple of weeks ago — a respectable finish in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday — he urged a gathering of about three dozen potential voters to resist the impulse to play it safe.

Acellular matrices offer a new approach in the management of abdominal wall defects because of their potential capacity to resist infection and induce a milder inflammatory response, angiogenesis and host cell migration.

Rather than conceptualize health as a neutral condition that is recognized only under conditions of threat (i.e., illness), we identify positive health as a dynamic asset with the potential capacity to resist illness [ 29].