physiology

Her father worked as a GP and her mother was a physiology professor.

“It is incredibly exciting because it is giving us new insights into physiology, anatomy, a new understanding of humans,” she told BBC news.

The medicine and physiology prize winners are selected by the Nobel Assembly of Sweden's Karolinska Institute.

"Stressors can bring on changes in our physiology."

“We are constantly underestimating animals,” David Mellor, a retired professor of applied physiology and bioethics, told Salon from his home in New Zealand.