Published in Causette in May 2021.
Muscular atrophy can affect anyone and sometimes cause serious after-effects. Faced with this health problem without a cure, Blandine Chazarin, a doctor in analytical chemistry, has taken an interest in an animal that does not move for six months each year and yet does well: the brown bear.
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Cover picture: Daniele Levis Pelusi for Unsplash.