Chemical Engineers in the Biomedical Field: from Discoveries to Solutions

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• establishing the role of the pancreas in controlling digestion, • determining the glycogenic function of the liver (which later helped understand the critical roles played by glucose and insulin in regulating vital bodily processes), and • demonstrating that nerves could either expand or constrict blood vessels, a breakthrough that helped understand the vasomotor system (vaso refers to blood vessels).

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تاریخ انتشار 2010