"retain sensitivity" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to continue possessing or exhibiting sensitivity. Example: "As a therapist, it is important to retain sensitivity when dealing with clients who are going through difficult times." In this sentence, "retain sensitivity" means to maintain or keep the ability to understand and empathize with clients.
Basic research investigating the efficacy of trastuzumab-DM1 for HER2-positive breast cancer cell lines has found that trastuzumab-resistant cells retain sensitivity to trastuzumab-DM1 [7].
The eyes are regressed, but retain sensitivity to light.
Our data show that although ESSC are resistant to standard cytotoxic agents, they retain sensitivity to YK-4-279.
Ewing's sarcoma contains an ALDHhigh stem-like population of chemotherapy-resistant cells that retain sensitivity to EWS-FLI1 inhibition.
We then demonstrated that these cells express EWS-FLI1 and that, in contrast to cytotoxic drugs, they retain sensitivity to the small molecule inhibitor YK-4-279 YK-4-279 YK-4-279
As predicted, these cells are resistant to standard cytotoxic chemotherapy; however, we have demonstrated that these cells retain sensitivity to a small molecule inhibitor of EWS-FLI1.
As compared to Euclidean distance, Sorensen distance retains sensitivity in more heterogeneous data sets and gives less weight to outliers.
This work proposes a method of implementing priors that on one hand reflects the belief concerning the typical situation and on the other retains sensitivity to anomalies of the prescribed type.
PBMCs were titrated to cervical appropriate cell numbers to determine minimum required assay input cell numbers; qPCR retained sensitivity with input of at least 2.5×104 PBMCs.
One group of the resulting toxin-resistant mutants lacked functional PA receptors and showed resistance to PA plus FP59, but retained sensitivity to DT and ETA (e.g., CHO PR230; [19]).
The PDK1-IFPC::IFPN-AKT1 complex was resistant to inhibition of PI3K upstream of AKT, as well as inhibition of the AKT PH domain, while retaining sensitivity to inhibitors that target the pathway downstream of AKT.
