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Using hypoxia adaptations in marine mammals to understand COVID-19 – News-Medical.Net
News-Medical talks to Terrie Williams about how the diving physiology that adapts marine mammals to hypoxia can improve our understanding of COVID-19.
News-Medical talks to Professor Terrie Williams about how looking at the diving physiology that enables marine mammals to withstand low oxygen conditions can improve our understanding of the effects of COVID-19.
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What led you to begin this research?
My laboratory has been studying mammalian metabolism and hypoxia for over three decades, working with human triathletes as well as dolphins, narwhals, lions, bears, and more. In trying to answer…
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