Woody Allen's 1973 comedy science fiction movie Sleeper features an orgasmatron-a cylinder big enough to hold one or two people, containing some future technology that rapidly induces orgasms.

Similarly, CD47 ligation rapidly induces apoptosis in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells.

Following multiple doses, fomepizole rapidly induces its own metabolism via the cytochrome P450 mixed-function oxidase system.

An Arabidopsis centrin gene ( ap3.3a ) was isolated as a gene rapidly induced after pathogen inoculation [ 21].

Barbiturates are used only for induction of anesthesia and these drugs rapidly and reliably induce anesthesia, but wear off quickly.

Acute A stimulus severe enough to rapidly induce an effect; in aquatic toxicity tests, an effect observed in 96 hours or less is typically considered acute.

Once entered, it contains some (otherwise undescribed) future technology that rapidly induces orgasms.

Studies have shown that Pancratistatin rapidly and efficiently induces apoptosis (programmed cell death) in various types of cancer cell lines, including breast, colon, prostate, neuroblastoma, melanoma and leukemia.

Dermacentor ticks may also induce tick paralysis by elaboration of a neurotoxin that induces rapidly progressive flaccid quadriparesis similar to Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Like ethylene, JA rapidly induces ERF1 expression, and treatment with both hormones synergistically activates ERF1 .