David Harbour

I was very resistant to my intellectualism for a while. I do start with an intellectual idea for a character. A lot of the times, it'll be the opposite of what I feel like is on the page, or it'll be just an idea that I read in a psychology textbook or in a philosophy book. I'll apply something to it that I can start to tinker with.

American Actor

Kay Cannon

No one ever actually said they were resistant because 'Pitch Perfect' was female-centric. When a project is sitting there for a while, you start to speculate about what could be the thing that might be a little tricky about it.

American Writer

Miriam Toews

There are people who are just suicidal, regardless. They are built to self-destruct. It seems, in my family, like a virus that's resistant to any kind of help or care or medication.

Canadian Writer

Rory Kennedy

I had long been resistant to doing a documentary about my mother for personal reasons. And I thought there was no way she'd want to, but then I asked her and she said 'yes.

American Director

Arthur Keith

Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are forcing Universalism upon unwilling and resistant subjects.

Scottish Scientist

Dominique Crenn

I've met a lot of people who were resistant to my ideas, because they were afraid to get into unfamiliar conversations. I didn't listen to them.

French Chef

Patty Duke

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.

American Actress

Nathan Englander

I was resistant to the Internet. I was afraid of it.

Patti Smith

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

American Musician

Steven Berkoff

I'm very resistant to most forms of theater.

English Actor

Use 'resistant' when discussing materials and their durability against elements or forces.

Physical Context

'Resistant' often implies a built-in feature, not an added one.

Inherent Quality

Being 'resistant' doesn't mean invulnerable, just less likely to be affected.

Limitation

When people are 'resistant', they emotionally or intellectually oppose something.

Emotional Stance

'Resistant' can signal a dislike or fear of change in habits or beliefs.

Change Aversion

Describes a mental block preventing acceptance or agreement.

Psychological Barrier

'Resistant' in medicine refers to the ability to withstand disease or drugs.

Medical Usage

In medical contexts, 'resistant' often warns of evolving biological threats.

Evolutionary Concern

Use 'resistant' to describe diseases that are hard to treat or manage.

Treatment Challenges

 come into contact with water, they immediately activate and the chlorophyll activates inside. and immediately comes back and starts photosynthesizing, bringing them back to life an incredible drought resistant plant. That's amazing how quickly they they do that. Amazing. That's really coming back in a matter of seconds, and it's perfectly adapted to these kind of stark habitats.

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 resistant catheters or stents or breathing tubes and then finally I'm just telling you one little vignette that's about Pseudomonas we work on lots of globally important pathogens in my lab and we're having similar success doing these kinds of strategies in other bacteria as well and then to finish I

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 Additionally, mounting evidence suggests we'll need to figure out how to eradicate cancer stem cells. These are rare but seem to have special properties that make them resistant to chemotherapy and radiation. In theory, even if the rest of the tumor shrinks beyond detection during treatment,

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 which is resistant to over 50 different insecticides. Another downside is that other bugs get caught in the crossfire. Some of these are helpful predators of plant pests or vital pollinators, so erasing them from agriculture wipes out their benefits, too. Pesticides have improved over time

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 whether we burn it or store it. This is called fuel partitioning in the lingo. Now failure to produce enough insulin is incompatible with life. And insulin resistance, as its name suggests, is when your cells get increasingly resistant to the effect of insulin trying to do its job.

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 while others use a method called conjugation, connecting through pili to share their genes. Over time, the resistant genes proliferate, creating entire strains of resistant super bacteria. So how much time do we have before these superbugs take over?

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 their knees black rot had set in a killer disease you do it would love it tight tight tight portions so joe bred a tuber resistant to bugs which we gave to the north with love and big hugs they gave it for free to this land they adore

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 This technique works with all sorts of proteins. Bigger, messier proteins can be more resistant to being pulled apart, so scientists attach a plastic bead to one end that adds extra stress and encourages it to fold up first.

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 I study genes that make plants resistant to disease and tolerant of stress. In recent years, millions of people around the world have come to believe that there's something sinister about genetic modification.

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 such as lactic acid. Mutans streptococci are resistant to this acid, but unfortunately, our teeth aren't. While each human tooth is coated in a hardy, protective layer of enamel, it's no match for acid.

Resistant

Not affected or damaged by something.

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Not willing to accept something or someone.

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Unable to be harmed or affected by.

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Physical Context

Inherent Quality

Limitation

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