Example Sentences

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Although cytotoxic agents are less effective against nondividing cells, drug tolerant persister cells must come up with additional protective measures to cope with the toxic effects of chemotherapy.

From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023

"There is currently an active search for new drugs or repurposing of old ones for targeting chronic, persister infection."

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2023

"This is an area of controversy but recent research supports the presence of persister forms of Borrelia burgdorferi resistant to standard antibiotic treatment," Dempsey explained.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2023

It also managed to knock out persister cells in a bacterial biofilm that had already been treated with the antibiotic rifampicin, often used to fight persistent infections at the site of prostheses.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2018

His biological form of the first law is as follows: “Tout état, statique ou dynamique, tend à persister spontanément, sans aucune altération, en resistant aux perturbations extérieures.”

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison