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For certain human functions, balance is achieved in a relatively narrow range called a “setpoint.” Around 98.6 degrees, for example, is usually the body’s optimal temperature. But for other ...

In human immunodeficiency virus type 1, furin processes the envelope glycoprotein 160 into glycoprotein 120 and the fusogenic component glycoprotein 41 73; other proprotein convertases may also ...

Homeostasis comprises the dynamic processes that enable optimum conditions to be maintained for cells, in spite of continual changes taking place internally and externally (Clancy and McVicar, 1995).

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers demonstrated a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method sensitive to the live brain's iron homeostasis (the r1-r2 extent of ...

Memory T cell frequency in the blood is a marked underestimate of the total frequency and numbers of memory T cells in the whole body. Estimates of the number of T cells in human tissues are 2 × ...

Damascio explains that homeostasis is a positive energy balance that is going to continue to the future. "Adjustment" done in the human body is also due to homeostasis trying to maintain life ...