metabolism
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Fat metabolism – women have higher fat stores and burn it more efficiently, giving them a steady energy source for longer.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
His earlier work showed that the products of fructose metabolism can be exploited by cancer cells to promote their growth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Much of the previous research on sorbitol metabolism has centered on diseases such as diabetes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
One examined metabolism, while the other explored neural connections, yet both showed that radial glia do not make their decisions in isolation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
This material is processed by a superefficient metabolism, stripped of any useful minerals and...ejected at the other end, as it were.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
The results point to one major difference: species whose metabolisms were less able to cope with warmer, oxygen poor water suffered the highest extinction rates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The higher temperatures promote algae growth by allowing their metabolisms to shift into overdrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Additionally, they discovered diverse viral communities and uncovered 13 types of AMGs that help regulate the metabolisms of their host.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
"Considering that the vast majority of reductases encoded by gut bacteria remain functionally uncharacterized, identified metabolisms may only scratch the surface of interactions between respiratory reductases and the gut metabolome," the study authors wrote.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024
By then, our metabolisms were high enough to keep us conscious and alive.
From Perfect Control by Richard Stockham
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