Parabiosis is a laboratory technique used in physiological research, derived from the Greek word meaning "living beside." The technique involves the surgical joining of two living organisms in such a way that they develop a single, shared physiological system.

Parabiosis (surgical union of the circulatory systems of two individuals) is a specialized technique for replacement of a hormone or putative hormone historically important in research on insect hormones.

Parabiosis refers to the condition where two entire living animals are conjoined and share a single circulatory system. This surgically created animal model is inspired by naturally occurring pairs of conjoined twins.

Juvenile hormones (JHs) are sesquiterpenoids synthesized by the corpora allata (CA). They play critical roles during insect development and reproduction. The first JH was described in 1934 as a “metamorphosis inhibitory hormone” in Rhodnius prolixus by Sir Vincent B. Wigglesworth.

Parabiosis is a surgical method of animal modeling with a long history. It has been widely used in medical research, particularly in the fields of aging, stem cells, neuroscience, and immunity in the past two decades.

1899. Until that time, insects had been investigated almost exclusively at a morphological level. By contrast, Crampton utilized a surgical ma­ nipulation termed parabiosis. In this procedure, immobilized insects are joined in such a way as to share a common circulatory system, thus

May 1, 1972 · It is conceivable that rhythms in K + activity could play a role in the observed transmission of circadian rhythms between insects in parabiosis (Harker, 1956; Cymborowski & Brady, 1972)....

FIFTEEN years of research on the hormonal control of insect circadian rhythms has been founded on the original report that rhythms could be transmitted in the blood between para-biosed...

We describe the first observation of parabiosis between two Attini ants (Apterostigma urichii Forel and Cyphomyrmex faunulus Wheeler) found in northern Manaus, AM, Brazil.

Apr 19, 1972 · Insect circadian rhythms transmitted by parabiosis--a re-examination. Insect circadian rhythms transmitted by parabiosis--a re-examination Nat New Biol. 1972 Apr 19;236(68):221-2. doi: 10.1038/newbio236221a0. Authors B Cymborowski, J …