metabolism
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The pancreas plays a central role in regulating blood sugar and metabolism, so changes in its function could have broader effects throughout the body.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
These microbes are increasingly being studied for their possible roles in metabolism, immune function, and cardiovascular health.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Maintaining their own body heat would have helped T. rex remain active while hunting or scavenging enough food to support such a metabolism, Eagle said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
For Vitamin B-2, which aids cellular metabolism, he devised a synthesis that improved on European methods while avoiding their patents, cutting the price by more than 99%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
And although her nanites could be programmed to speed up her metabolism, her mother wouldn’t hear of it.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
The higher temperatures promote algae growth by allowing their metabolisms to shift into overdrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
While mice and humans have different metabolisms, these findings may point to new therapeutic approaches or diet recommendations to help control cancer growth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2025
Smaller animals also typically require more nutrient-dense food than larger ones, because they have faster metabolisms and consume more energy per unit of body mass.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024
Starting in 2015, Hittinger's team sequenced the genomes and studied the metabolisms of nearly every known species of a group of yeasts distantly related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, better known as baker's yeast.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
Invariably, on other planets, that has meant higher metabolisms in the fauna.
From The Test Colony by Winston K. Marks
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