endogenous

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When we prescribe these drugs to patients whose endogenous GLP-1 system is functioning normally, we are not filling a deficit.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

"We needed a tool to do that exploration to understand which variants are functional in their endogenous genomic context and understand how they contribute to disease progression."

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025

Economists after Solow, particularly Robert Lucas and Paul Romer, had models of economic growth with endogenous technological change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

The 30 distinct families of endogenous retroviruses, as that ancient viral DNA is called, in humans each represents a distinct process of colonization.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

In the process of transformation the increased protoplasm of the epithelia first exhibits shining homogeneous lumps, which, after an intermediate stage of vacuolation, undergo an endogenous metamorphosis into nucleated bodies with a reticulum in each.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various