molecular changes

English translation: molecular

15:29 Mar 8, 2024

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Social Sciences - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / changes induced by meditation

English term or phrase: molecular changes

Dear colleagues,
I’m not sure about the meaning of “molecular changes” in the passage below. Might it refer to something different from “molecules” in biological sense?
I’ve found that another meaning of “molecular” is “of or relating to individual or small components”. Do you think that “molecular” may have this second meaning in the following sentence?
Maybe it could mean “specific changes”? I’m not sure, though...
Thank you so much for any hint!

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the Wheel of Awareness (a meditation practice) can be used to promote the integration of consciousness and has embedded in it the three pillars of mind training – focused attention, open awareness, and kind intention – that research reveals cultivates integrative growth in the brain and the five *** molecular changes *** of health including decreases in the stress hormone cortisol; enhancing immune function; diminishing cardiovascular risk factors; decreasing systemic inflammation via changes in epigenetic regulation; and the optimization of the enzyme telomerase, which repairs and maintains the telomere caps at the ends of chromosomes. "

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https://www.thewayofmeditation.com.au/meditation-can-change-...

With evidence growing that training the mind or inducing specific modes of consciousness can have beneficial health effects, scientists have sought to understand how these practices physically affect genes and the body. A new study by researchers in Wisconsin, Spain, and France reports the first evidence of specific molecular changes in the body following a period of intensive mindfulness practice.

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https://www.coventry.ac.uk/primary-news/meditation-and-yoga-...

Mind-body interventions (MBIs) such as meditation, yoga and Tai Chi don't simply relax us; they can 'reverse' the molecular reactions in our .

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https://www.nature.com/articles/tp2016164

Characterizing molecular changes in response to vacation and meditation. ... Five modules (red, pink, purple, midnight ... meditation/yoga

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237057354_Molecular...

For example, one study showed that meditation was associated with molecular changes in cerebral cortex, prefrontal area, autonomic nervous system, hormones, etc ...

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the adjective molecular comes up most often in biology and chemistry, and it always describes the very smallest units that make up organisms or elements. Molecular comes from the noun molecule, which means "extremely minute particle," from the Latin molecula, "tiny mass." Definitions of molecular.

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I don't see what the problem is!

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liz askew
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Local time: 09:45

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Thank you so much, Liz, for your help! Many thanks also to all other colleagues for their contribution!
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Thank you so much, Liz, for your help! Many thanks also to all other colleagues for their contribution!

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Asker: Thank you so much, Liz, for your useful links! My doubt derived from the fact that the author referred, just before, to "integrative growth of the brain": so I didn't understand why he used the adjective "molecular" for the subsequent changes only... It's a bit difficult to explain...anyway, I guess I'll go for molecular in biological sense!

Asker: Also the phrase "molecular changes of health" sounds a bit strange to me, doesn't it?

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