kill cell

Frequency: 6.88.8 per million words

to cause the death of a cell

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  • Chemotherapy drugs are designed to selectively kill cancer cells.
  • Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays to kill tumor cells.
  • The immune system's T-cells are trained to identify and kill infected cells.
  • This new treatment has shown promise in its ability to kill drug-resistant bacterial cells.
  • In the lab, scientists are testing a virus that can kill specific brain cancer cells.
  • The toxic substance was so potent it could kill healthy nerve cells on contact.
  • A high fever is the body's attempt to kill invading bacterial cells.
  • Researchers observed how the compound effectively killed the targeted cells without harming surrounding tissue.
  • For the experiment to succeed, we must find a way to kill the host cells after viral replication.
  • The goal of this immunotherapy is to activate the patient's own immune system to kill the malignant cells.