physiology

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Current prescribing criteria center on body mass index thresholds and glycemic targets, metabolic markers that tell us something about a patient’s need for weight loss but nothing about their underlying GLP-1 physiology.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

They depend on a delicate balance of climate, tree physiology, and farming techniques.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Friedman led the study alongside Karen Jonscher, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and physiology in the OU College of Medicine.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

“A lot of times what the public thinks is the best thing to do, is not, if you understand equine physiology and understand equine health and veterinary care,” she added.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

As genetics moved from a material to a mechanistic conception of genes—from what genes are to what they do—human biologists began to perceive long-sought connections between genes, human physiology, and pathology.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee