Synthetic surfactant is used to help immature lungs rest and heal. From Wordnik.com. [Glossary] Reference
They are encased in water using a surfactant, which is similar to soap, and then spun in a centrifuge. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
Thanks to the March of Dimes, a substance called surfactant had been developed that helped a premature baby's undeveloped lungs work. From Wordnik.com. [Inside TV Blog] Reference
Maybe there is something to that oil sheen / surfactant thing. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Island T-3 « Climate Audit] Reference
Post-translational regulation of surfactant protein B expression. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Neonatal Research Publications] Reference
O'CONNOR: One baby who has benefited from surfactant is Adrian Millisock. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2002] Reference
The surfactant action of soap helps the running water flush the germs away. From Wordnik.com. [Wash Your Hands!] Reference
Developmental and genetic regulation of human surfactant protein-B In vivo. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Neonatal Research Publications] Reference
In addition, your baby may need to have surfactant instilled into her lungs. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference
And often there may be more than one kind of surfactant in a single cleanser. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
AMY MCCABE, NURSE: Premature babies don't have as much surfactant intrinsically. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2002] Reference
My son was born two months premature and was a receipient of surfactant therapy. From Wordnik.com. [Thursday Thirteen # 32: a history lesson « Adventures in Juggling] Reference
I found my mechanism — oil spill and surfactant pollution of the ocean surface. From Wordnik.com. [Unthreaded #10 « Climate Audit] Reference
One of the main active ingredients in most cleaning products is called the "surfactant.". From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Gavigan: 5 Secrets Conventional Cleaning Product Manufacturers Don't Want You to Know] Reference
Blood vessels and surfactant are forming in the lungs, in preparation for breathing air. From Wordnik.com. [» Choose the Right Strocel.com] Reference
In this solution, it's just a surfactant that ensnares lipids so they can be washed away. From Wordnik.com. [What's Inside: Bausch and Lomb ReNu] Reference
Nonoxynol-9 is a surfactant, and acts to disrupt sperm membranes, thus preventing pregnancy. From Wordnik.com. [FDA Warnings on Nonoxynol-9 Re-Define Sponge Worthiness] Reference
Cultivated from the lungs of calves, surfactant allows babies as tiny to 22 weeks to be saved. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2002] Reference
When is it better to leave some of the surfactant details of the rendition to the imagination?. From Wordnik.com. [SWEATblog: Incompleteness] Reference
Every cleanser contains a surfactant, which emulsifies and washes debris and oil from the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
POEA is used as a surfactant in Roundup formulations to improve solubility and penetration into plants. From Wordnik.com. [Death by Multiple Poisoning, Glyphosate and Roundup] Reference
What you need is a dye that attaches to the surfactant molecules and disperses evenly in that water layer. From Wordnik.com. [Dear TiVo] Reference
As a natural surfactant, soap helps break surface tension, helping water penetrate the most resistant soils. From Wordnik.com. [How to use soap in the garden] Reference
All surfactant elements used to blend indigenous ingredients are coconut and corn derived making Malie Kauai?. From Wordnik.com. [Malie Kauai – Bring the Essence of the Islands Home] Reference
Polysorbate 85 or polysorbate 60 a gentle, moisturizing surfactant created from the plant-derived emollient sorbitol. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
Soap is a surfactant because it forms water-soluble micelles that trap the otherwise insoluble dirt and oil particles. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Ask Why « Isegoria] Reference
Usually a cleanser containing any of these ingredients uses a stronger surfactant, so it will leave the skin very dry. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
· Deeper penetration of the solution is achieved by adding a very small amount of a surfactant (surface active agent). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
A bubble wall is mostly water held in place by two layers of surfactant molecules, spaced just millionths of an inch apart. From Wordnik.com. [Dear TiVo] Reference
Some oil-based cleansers also contain a super-gentle surfactant, such as polysorbate 80, to help the emulsification process along. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
•Sodium laurel/laureth sulfate, a surfactant that Houlihan says is often contaminated with the carcinogenic substance 1,4 dioxane. From Wordnik.com. ['Endocrine disruptor' won't be on label] Reference
These include the establishment of two therapies as standard neonatal treatments: prenatal corticosteroids and pulmonary surfactant. From Wordnik.com. [Recognized Excellence] Reference
Cetaphil contains sodium tallowate, sodium cocoate, and sodium cocyl isethionate a mild synthetic surfactant, among other detergents. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
Then the Chicommies added a special surfactant made from Panda vomit that only they possess that makes the heavy water also slipperier. From Wordnik.com. [Olympics thread.] Reference
In a full-term pregnancy, surfactant lines the lungs of the fetus in the last weeks, allowing the lungs to function normally after birth. From Wordnik.com. [Mothering Twins] Reference
When a baby is born prematurely, there may be insufficient amounts of surfactant in the lungs, causing some degree of respiratory distress. From Wordnik.com. [Mothering Twins] Reference
Petroleum, plant oils send surfactant prices through the roof. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
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