endogenous

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The proposal I want to put on the table is simple: Before prescribing a GLP-1 receptor agonist, measure the patient’s endogenous GLP-1 levels.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

Economists after Solow, particularly Robert Lucas and Paul Romer, had models of economic growth with endogenous technological change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

The 30 distinct families of endogenous retroviruses, as that ancient viral DNA is called, in humans each represents a distinct process of colonization.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

“They now have the status of villagers, equal to that of the traditional endogenous population settled in the Angkor zone for generations,” the report said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024

They are characterized by their unicellular nature, their power of rapid budding, their capacity for fermenting various sugars, and their power of forming endogenous 340 spores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various