natural resistance
Americannoun
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As is the case with Covid, vulnerable people can vaccinate to build their body’s natural resistance to the virus.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
This approach allowed the researchers to examine how different levels of natural resistance within the plants could be linked to their mineral compositions.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2024
The patient was being treated for leukaemia when she received a stem cell transplant from someone with natural resistance to the Aids-causing virus.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2022
“New World beans have natural resistance to the weevils we have in the Americas, but if you take an Old World bean like cowpeas, they don’t have that natural resistance,” Riley said.
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2019
Yet sweaty hands and wet clothes can easily defeat the skin’s natural resistance to current.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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