Example Sentences

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“Any boost of immunity will have some degree of cross-reactivity even against a new variant,” Fauci said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2022

Occupational exposures, the use of skin care products, even tick bites can sometimes result in adult-onset food allergies if there is cross-reactivity to an allergenic substance in both.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021

Research by Sette and his colleague Daniela Weiskopf evaluating the immune system’s response to the novel coronavirus suggests there may be some overlap, or cross-reactivity, with responses to other coronaviruses that cause the common cold.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2021

That phenomenon, called cross-reactivity, could allow the real disease to fly under the radar, his team said.

From Scientific American • Oct. 8, 2015

Whereas nicotine will bind to the nicotinic receptor, and muscarine will bind to the muscarinic receptor, there is no cross-reactivity between the receptors.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013