physiology

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I must confess I had never heard of Alexis Carrel, the French surgeon who in 1912 won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The core pitch: monitor your physiology like a hawk, take treatments on the cutting edge of science, and boost your odds of a longer, healthier life.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“More people want to use them,” said Lauren Colenso-Semple, a muscle physiology researcher and science communication specialist who follows scientific studies of peptides as part of her work.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Current prescribing criteria center on body mass index thresholds and glycemic targets, metabolic markers that tell us something about a patient’s need for weight loss but nothing about their underlying GLP-1 physiology.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

The complex workings of living beings can be perceived in terms of these layers: physics enabling chemistry, and chemistry enabling physiology.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee