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homeostasis
(redirected from homeostatic)

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Unless we apply the same homeostatic model to the management of the planet, the science tells us that our business-as-usual behaviour will drive conditions on Earth to a new state of equilibrium that will be far less hospitable for humans and other life.
The catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene plays a pivotal role in regulating homeostatic dopamine neurotransmitter levels.
By acting on this regulation loop, we can create a homeostatic production of CD4+ T lymphocytes that will allow the immune system to regenerate," Nature quoted Guimond, as saying.
 
 
 
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