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• s  relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
• s  able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress
  the new hybrid is more resistant to drought
• s  impervious to being affected
  resistant to the effects of heat
  resistant to persuasion
• s  disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
• s  incapable of absorbing or mixing with
  plastic highly resistant to steam and water

• New research finds Tamiflu-resistant strains of the most common flu virus popping up all over the world.
• And the drug-resistant strains beginning to emerge in Africa, Russia, China and India, say experts, are epidemics of our own making.
• So, the thinking went, inserting marrow that produces HIV-resistant cells might endow the patient with a means to repel the infection.

• immune
• tolerant
• insubordinate
• resistive
• repellent

News & Articles

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• Town proposes bear-resistant trash ordinance
  In spite of years of work in developing a strategy for co-existence with its bear population, Mammoth’s humans have no laws that require the use of bear boxes or bear-resistant trashcans.
  June 14, 2013 - The Mammoth Times
• Deep brain stimulation trial in treatment-resistant obesity links weight loss trend to metabolism increase programmed ...
  A deep brain stimulation trial in treatment-resistant obesity linked a weight loss trend to a metabolism increase programmed in a metabolic chamber, according to a pilot study.
  June 13, 2013 - Science Daily
• Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Rises In Great Britain
  Gonorrhea cases resistant to one of the last effective drugs increased by nearly six times from 2004 to 2011 in Great Britain. Hard-to-treat gonorrhea is a growing trend worldwide, as the bacterium begins to thwart our last defenses.
  June 11, 2013 - NPR

Quotes

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• Katie Couric in Forbes
  People are very unforgiving and very resistant to change,the 50-year-old Couric said. "The biggest mistake we made is we tried new things."
• Margaret Chan in Reuters
  This is the true alarm bell. This tells us that resistant strains are now circulating in the general population, spreading widely and largely silently in a growing pool of latent infection,director-general Margaret Chan said. "Obviously...
• Barack Obama in Hindu Business Line
  On the request made by the Big Three automakers last week for $25 billion in government-backed loans Mr Obama said, "Taxpayers can't be expected to pony up more money for an auto industry that has been resistant to change".