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homeostasis

hoh mee oh stay suhs

  • n  (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes

  • Entre lo invisible y lo tangible, llegando a la homeostasis emocional Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, the 42-year-old Nigenda calls his images "Fotos cruzados," or "intersecting photographs.
  • Through some deep, bottom-up process, he has developed strategies for equanimity, and now he's become a homeostasis machine.
  • It will travel on, but the failure rate in its guidance and control mechanisms will steadily increaseand this failure of homeostasis, or self-righting, is exactly what we see .
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  • New method for tracking cell signaling
    Researchers have developed a new method for identifying the cell of origin of intracellular and secreted proteins within multicellular environments. The technique, named cell type specific labeling using amino acid precursors (CTAP), exploits the inability of vertebrate cells to synthesize essential amino acids normally required for growth and homeostasis.
    July 11, 2013 - Science Daily

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