metabolism
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Beyond its potential therapeutic applications, the research uncovered an unexpected connection between cellular metabolism and DNA repair.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
"Our results suggest that altered metabolism is a significant contributor to Alzheimer's progression and, in addition, addressing the metabolic defect could be an important complement to approaches focused on Alzheimer's plaques and tangles," Sun said.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
One of the first changes they observed was reduced eating in infected mice, which suggested that the animals' metabolism had shifted.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
The study brings together several well-established biological processes, including iron metabolism and communication between the immune and nervous systems, to help explain how animals may detect magnetic fields.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
He could not get out until the bones strewn around him grew back into living creatures; he had become joined to the metabolism of other lives, and until they rose he could not rise either.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing metabolism
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