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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

"This represents a fundamentally new approach to treating Parkinson's disease," said Di Hu, a research scientist in the School of Medicine's Department of Physiology and Biophysics.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 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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