A specific strain of An. gambiae originally selected to be refractory to P. cynomolgi was found to have limited refractoriness to human malaria parasite P. falciparum [7].
Furthermore, a specific strain of An. gambiae selected to be refractory to P. cynomolgi (monkey malaria) has very limited refractoriness to strains of P. falciparum isolated in Africa [6].
In addition, available samples of human secretions or tissues contain such a complex array of different species as to be refractory to analysis by traditional means.
Pouch-related fistula, once formed, tends to be refractory to various treatments.
Approximately 10% of benign esophageal strictures appear to be refractory to standard dilation therapy.
All the silicides investigated were found to be refractory, hard, metallic materials and no magnetism was found in the ground state structures.
In one study, DCs isolated from fresh glioma biopsies were found to be refractory even to TLR agonist stimulation in vitro (Hussain et al., 2006a).
This approach was proven to be robust as FA patient fibroblasts were reported to be refractory to somatic cell reprogramming (Liu et al., 2014; Raya et al., 2009).
Although humans express low-affinity AhRs and have been assumed to be refractory to TCDD, their sensitivity to TCDD has yet to be determined.
For AnSBR-C, the removal of nitrogen could be related with the organics in the wastewater, which was thought to be refractory organics since they have undergone biological and chemical oxidation.
PE was indicated for the patients who were considered to be refractory to IVIG therapy by pediatricians because initial and additional IVIG treatments were ineffective or abnormalities of the coronary arteries had already developed after the initial IVIG.
