In 2008, a team of researchers from Texas Tech University and Harvard University announced the development of an siRNA-based treatment that may ultimately counteract the human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ).

In the UK in 2004, the Labour government announced that it would use retrospective legislation to counteract some tax avoidance schemes, and it has subsequently done so on a few occasions, notably BN66.

In 2010, in a bid to counteract falling sales and bans on bottled water, The Coca-Cola Company announced they would be distributing Dasani water in new packaging made of 30 % plant based materials.

Skilling responds by calling McLean " unethical ", and accusing Fortune of publishing her reporting to counteract a positive BusinessWeek piece on Enron.

This bothered Lewis so much that in addition to a note written by Lewis in the fourth edition of The Monk, he also included notes to the text when he published The Castle Spectre as a way to counteract any plagiarist accusations.

To counteract this, the band, along with Velocette and Insound, offered a limited edition EP burned onto CD-R, which included demos and alternate versions of songs from Yoko.

It was still served as a beverage, but the Europeans added cane sugar to counteract the natural bitterness and removed the chili pepper while retaining the vanilla, in addition they added cinnamon as well as other spices.

To counteract this possibility, Einstein added the cosmological constant.

Viscosity is monitored and a solvent ( or solvent blend ) is added to counteract solvent loss.

Porsche has continuously refined the design and in recent years added electronic driving aids ( i. e. computerised traction-stability control ) to counteract these inherent design shortcomings.

It also increases the size of the legislature, as overhang seats are added, and there may also be extra list seats added to counteract them.

Aristotle says the exact number of spheres, and hence the number of movers, is to be determined by astronomical investigation, but he added additional spheres to those proposed by Eudoxus and Callippus, to counteract the motion of the outer spheres.

There are two possible explanations for the addition of potatoes: lamb is three times more expensive in India and the cook wanted filler in the dish or the potatoes counteract the salt often added to the sauce.

Theophylline was added in order to counteract drowsiness.

It can be added to argon-carbon dioxide blends to counteract the oxidizing effects of carbon dioxide.

To counteract these effects, comfort noise is added, usually on the receiving end in wireless or VoIP systems, to fill in the silent portions of transmissions with artificial noise.

Mechanically aerated baths for tissue debridement of burn victims typically have added anti-foaming agents to counteract the film-forming properties that some medicinal additives have as a side effect, but the anti-foam is sometimes omitted or reduced for children to give them more of a pleasant distraction during debridement.

In the last years more advanced modulation formats like phase-shift keying or even orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing have been investigated to counteract effects like dispersion that degrade the quality of the transmitted signal.

The ' four cork ' rule is generally played in which four corks counteract the last glass rule, requiring the drink to be downed.

Silas ultimately does, having found a solution in which the last of Ivory's leaves could be used to counteract nausea.

According to the Legal Project's website, it acts in four ways to counteract Islamist threats to free speech, " Fundraising for an Escrow account to supplement the court costs and litigation fees for victims of Islamist lawfare ( all funds raised go directly to lawfare victims ); Arranging for pro bono and reduced rate counsel for victims of Islamist lawfare ; Maintaining an international network of attorneys dedicated to working pro bono in the defense of free speech ; and, Raising awareness about the issue.

These mechanisms do not require a template, since the types of damage they counteract can occur in only one of the four bases.

The French had no strategic reserve at all ; let alone a highly mobile reserve as their three Cavalry armoured divisions ( Divisions Légères Mécaniques or Mechanised Light Divisions ), the only armoured units organised on the lines of the German armoured divisions, had already been committed in the Low Countries, which was crucial in the French failure to counteract the German penetration, as the four French Infantry armoured divisions, the Divisions cuirassées, lacked sufficient strategic mobility and squandered their power in actions of limited scope such as the Battle of Montcornet and the Battle of Abbeville, in which the 4th DCr, under Colonel De Gaulle, obtained some success against the German 57th Infantry Division.

This work should involve antenatal education and preparation for parenthood and may extend to women's health, sexual or reproductive health and childcare, and to gain the knowledge to counteract the lack of pain relievers and antiseptics.

* To counteract lethargy and fatigue throughout the day while at work or while doing other activities.

However the vast majority of speakers of endangered languages consider the loss of their language to be a vital break with their cultural identity and tradition, and many work actively to counteract the impending language loss, often working closely with linguists in revitalization projects.

The museum covers the history of smuggling in the area, and the work of customs officers to counteract it.

He dislikes gangs and the destructive attitudes of most Bang Babies, and his work at the community center is motivated by a desire to counteract their bad influence on young people. In the episode " Static Shaq ," it is mentioned that Robert has also been in the Marines and a camp counselor.

A few senior Canadian journalists founded the CIJ to counteract the isolation of the one or two reporters in the average newsroom who did investigative work.

In other words, a control such as that of the Jacquard loom could not work on machine tools because its movements were not strong enough ; the metal being cut " fought back " against it with more force than the control could properly counteract.

This was a work of great importance, and gave a detailed account of the British monetary system as well as a detailed examination of the ways in which the Bank of England should act to counteract fluctuations in the value of the pound.

The Prussian government regarded this as a measure designed to counteract the German " Flight from the East " ( Ostflucht ) and reduce the number of Poles, who were migrating to the area in hundreds of thousands looking for work.

He orders Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy to work on an antidote to counteract the power of her tears.

Mitchell sought in his work to counteract the implications of his own assertion that, " Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

To counteract this, Flabber used his magic to make her look and sound the way she always had, but it didn't work on anyone who actually watched the spell being cast.

It also helps counteract the pressure against the tool from the work by pulling the tool into the work.

The third purpose is to counteract the cognitive bias that causes people to work more than is good for their happiness.

Following Henry VIII's break with Rome and the Pope, Wales for the most part followed England in accepting Anglicanism, although a number of Catholics were active in attempting to counteract this and produced some of the earliest books printed in Welsh.

… Sir, how pitiable is it to reflect, that although you were so fully convinced of the benevolence of the Father of Mankind, and of his equal and impartial distribution of these rights and privileges, which he hath conferred upon them, that you should at the same time counteract his mercies, in detaining by fraud and violence so numerous a part of my brethren, under groaning captivity and cruel oppression, that you should at the same time be found guilty of that most criminal act, which you professedly detested in others, with respect to yourselves.

In late 2005, R. J. Reynolds opened the Marshall McGearty Lounge in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago as part of a marketing strategy to promote a brand of " superpremium " cigarettes and counteract local smoking bans in restaurants and cafes that took effect in 2006.

After a double fatal accident in 1974 on the Daiichi banking where drivers Hiroshi Kazato and Seiichi Suzuki were both killed in a fiery accident that injured 6 other people, a new part of track was built to counteract the problem, and the resultant course which also eliminated 5 other fast corners proved more successful.

Sometimes he placed the treble part of the compass on a higher pressure than the bass, to emphasize melody lines and counteract the natural tendency of small pipes ( especially reeds ) to be softer.

It was founded in part to counteract the lack of punk venues in the San Francisco Bay Area during this era, particularly all-ages venues.

An important part of the equipment is the lead weights, generally on the chest, back and shoes, to counteract the buoyancy of the helmet and diving suit.

To counteract the effects of this diabolical process, the witch-doctor prescribed a certain medicine, and a charm to be worn next the body, on that part where the disease principally lay.

The Soviet Union developed a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System ( FOBS ) in part to counteract the network of sensors covering the northern hemisphere, including BMEWS, which was only able to point in a fixed direction.

Until then there was an average speed of between 10 to 50 words per minute but his design was to counteract the discharging of electrical energy across the cable by introducing a return earth as part of the internal electrical structure of the cable ( something like COAX today ).

He left behind him a small empire of Anglican expansion, wrought in part by a desire to counteract the ' papist ' revival that he perceived to be sweeping the district, at the instigation of Ambrose de Lisle of Grace Dieu Manor.

The water in the vehicle is then used to anoint the ailing part or parts of the body to counteract the evil forces or illness.

The song was inspired in part by the songwriter's desire to counteract the poor reputation of a city for which he had some affection.

In his practice he followed for the most part the method of Hippocrates, but he paid less attention to what have been styled " the natural actions " of the system ; and, contrary to the practice of the Father of Medicine, he did not hesitate to attempt to counteract them, when they appeared to him to be injurious.

In 1974, in part to counteract its influence, Weyrich founded the Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress ( CSFC ), whose name implied that the United States Congress was dominated by labor and other liberal-leaning interest groups, and that this situation needed to change.

The Commons was created in 1974, in part to counteract a proposed mall to have been located where the Wegmans and Wal-Mart plazas are located approximately 2 miles southwest of the Commons. The name The Commons was the winning entry in a community-wide “ name the mall ” contest, and a prize of $ 1, 000 in cash and gift certificates went to Ithaca High School senior Bill Ryan who had entered the name after a visit to the Boston Common.

: Leader of the DOA gang, who operate as part of the Blue Rose coalition, Joey is impervious to pain as a side effect of the medicine he takes to counteract his illness.