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physiology

[fiz-ee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌfɪz iˈɒl ə dʒi /




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Dr Geoff Combs, lecturer in sport and exercise science at Bangor University, and a member of the Institute for Applied Human Physiology, said health benefits from sauna use needed to incorporate "other healthy behaviours".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Their discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985 and paved the way for statins, the most widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs today.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

The two shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with colleague Maurice Wilkins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Under Minson's guidance, who is the Kenneth M. and Kenda H. Singer Endowed Professor of Human Physiology and director of the Bowerman Center, the team tracked several key indicators.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

I was even unable to understand large sections of their classic paper published just after the start of the war in the Journal of General Physiology.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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