Physiologists……….on the List of Endangered Species?

Nateetip Krishnamra*

ABSTRACT: Physiology is the science of life that deals with the ability of a living organism to maintain stable internal environment and normal function in the presence of changing external environment. Is it true that physiology has become “an old science” and is a dying discipline? This article addresses the problems faced by physiologists with regard to the concepts of reductionism/integrationism, and how technology breakthroughs that once divided body function into separate levels of organization, are now bringing together the jigsaw pieces to be assembled into a one big beautiful and complex whole. That last crucial part is undoubtedly the role of physiologists. So, it may be that “Integrative Physiology is the biology of the future”.

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Department of Physiology, Consortium for Calcium and Bone Research, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.

* Corresponding author, E-mail: scnks@mahidol.ac.th