But that is only under normal cellular conditions. It is like comparing water to titanium... different mediums are used to alter their conditions.
The same is to be applied here. What we lack is the tools to come up with a proper solution.

And it would seem that the Malnosso have taken a rather unorthodox approach to 'bending' the barrier. Instead of focusing their resources on altering the barrier, they are bending 'us'.
[Spock huffed... He didn't like it.]