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metabolism

[muh-tab-uh-liz-uhm] / məˈtæb əˌlɪz əm /


NOUN
digestion
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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

The gut microbiome can produce compounds that influence inflammation, metabolism, and nervous system activity.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Obesity is known to affect much more than body weight and metabolism.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

The team also examined human lung cancer cells and discovered that some cancer related mutations affecting leucine metabolism appeared to improve cancer cell survival.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

During glucose metabolism, those messages were repressed, and the RNAs for glucose-digesting enzymes became abundant.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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