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Ole Scheeren is one of the world’s most successful young architects. He makes skyscrapers that look like disordered piles of children’s bricks or unfinished games, and which manage to be both beautiful and funny. From

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France's populists have latched onto a doctor who advocates hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for covid-19

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Google: Oracle Wants To Glom Onto Android's Success
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Day two of trial featured Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on the stand, plus Google assertions that case boils down to Oracle trying to latch onto Android's accomplishments. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Defending itself in a San Francisco courtroom ...

T-DM1 and similar drugs under development consist of powerful toxins linked to proteins called antibodies. The antibodies latch onto cancer cells and deliver the toxic payload directly into those cells. Since the toxin is not active until it reaches the tumor, side effects are reduced.
Such treatments, known as antibody-drug conjugates, have been pursued for decades, but only now is success being achieved.


To seize upon or latch onto something: "The country has glommed onto the spectacle of a wizard showman turning the tables on his inquisitors" (Mary McGrory).

latch onto something

— phrasal verb with latch

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(esp. of living things) to become firmly attached to someone or something:

Antibodies latch onto proteins on the surfaces of the virus.

 

Someone who latches onto an idea accepts it with enthusiasm:

In 1991, the company latched onto the idea of using its software to drive video-arcade games.