physiology
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The findings were published in Temperature, a scientific journal focused on the medical physiology of body temperature regulation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
“There’s a couple of reasons,” Dr. Michael Joyner, a specialist in the physiology of elite athletes at the Mayo Clinic, said of the growing lifespan of soccer players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Taylor adds: "If people can understand how the physiology of cooling works, then we can start to help them deal with the heat better."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Your physiology is performing beautifully," he tells me.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Hemoglobin, the oxygen carrier in blood, for instance, performs one of the simplest and yet most vital reactions in physiology.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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In another twist that invites multiple interpretations, the fleet-wide infection of Borg-altered DNA into the physiologies of Starfleet personnel only affects younger beings – in human terms, those 25 and under.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2023
In other words, all athletes possess different physiologies, but when does the disparity become unfair?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Stress can affect a wide range of physiologies and behaviors, and researchers are beginning to test whether the additions make the animals better models for depression—and, in the case of these particular fish—retinal regeneration.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 7, 2018
Nevertheless, the problem of mismatched physiologies remains, and many physicians are understandably nervous about calculating the right dosages.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2017
And we can, on occasion, deliberately alter some of these genes to change their functions, thereby resulting in altered human states, altered physiologies, and changed beings.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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