Research Areas
The ten research areas
Each area is a body of biology, not a category of product. Choose a direction, and the modules inside it take one process at a time.
Ten areas cover the biology ARC documents. Nine are domains of the body. One, cellular energy, is a layer the other nine draw on, and it is kept separate because the work done there is studied on its own terms.
Two further areas are under consideration and are shown here rather than left out, so the shape of what is covered and what is not is visible from the start.
Area 01
Regenerative & Repair Research
Area 02
Longevity & Aging
The maintenance systems that keep up for decades, and what changes when they fall behind.
Area 03
Metabolic
How the body knows what fuel it has, what it does with it, and why it defends a level.
Area 04
Cognitive & Neurological
Connections that change with use, the cells that support them, and the barrier around all of it.
Area 05
Hormonal & Endocrine
The axes the brain runs the body on, including the reproductive axis.
Area 06
Musculoskeletal & Performance
Muscle, bone and tendon under load — adaptation as well as injury.
Area 07
Cellular ENERGY & Mitochondrial Function
How fuel becomes usable energy, and what the rest of the body draws from that supply.
Area 08
Immunological & Inflammatory
Defence, regulation, and what happens when inflammation does not resolve.
Area 09
Dermatological & Tissue
Skin as an organ with its own structure and its own repair problem.
Area 10
Cardiovascular & Vascular Health
The vessel wall, what circulates through it, pressure, and cardiac function.
AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Sleep & Circadian Biology
Timing as a system in its own right, rather than as an input to the areas it affects.
AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The Microbiome
Resident microorganisms as metabolic and signalling participants rather than as passengers.
These two areas are under consideration. They are shown so that the boundary of what ARC covers is visible rather than implied.
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The ten research areas
Each area is a body of biology, not a category of product. Choose a direction, and the modules inside it take one process at a time.
Ten areas cover the biology ARC documents. Nine are domains of the body. One, cellular energy, is a layer the other nine draw on, and it is kept separate because the work done there is studied on its own terms.
Two further areas are under consideration and are shown here rather than left out, so the shape of what is covered and what is not is visible from the start.
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