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* bio-pulse line
* bio-pulse line
: '''[[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]''': "Well, it's my bio-pulse line, sir. You see, it's a bad time for me to be cooped up in a cockpit." ([[Saga of a Star World]]).
: '''[[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]''': "Well, it's my bio-pulse line, sir. You see, it's a bad time for me to be cooped up in a cockpit." ([[Saga of a Star World]]).
: ''"Bio-pulse" is a likely reference to a 1970's fad that attempts to track behaviors and motivations based on cycles known as [[w:Biorhythm|biorhythms]], which attributed to [[w:Scientology|Scientology]].''
: ''"Bio-pulse" is a likely reference to a 1970's [[w:Scientology|Scientology]] fad that attempts to track behaviors and motivations based on pseudo-biological cycles known as [[w:Biorhythm|biorhythms]].''


* [[cryogen tube]]
* [[cryogen tube]]

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This article is a listing of Life Sciences of the Twelve Colonies. "Life Sciences" is a term used to described medical practices of the Colonies, including biological and psychological science.

Biological

  • bio-pulse line
Starbuck: "Well, it's my bio-pulse line, sir. You see, it's a bad time for me to be cooped up in a cockpit." (Saga of a Star World).
"Bio-pulse" is a likely reference to a 1970's Scientology fad that attempts to track behaviors and motivations based on pseudo-biological cycles known as biorhythms.
A device capable using cryogenic suspension to preserve or prolong a patient's life, until effective treatment can be applied (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I).
A device used by advance scouts after returning from a recon mission to detect and remove contaminants, presumably removing viruses and bacteria to which Colonials have no natural immunity (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I).
Doctor Salik: "increase [the critical patient's] Islodin intravenous feed six units per centon." (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I).
A type of medicine.
The life science center is the medical care facility on board a Colonial battlestar (Saga of a Star World).

Psychological

  • Catharsis treatment
Adama: "If anyone amongst us can say that he's all right, after what has happened, I recommend them for catharsis treatment." (Saga of a Star World)
Adama is likely referring to some sort of psychotherapy, a process where the subject is allowed to express deep emotions regarding an event in his or her life that had not been able to be properly expressed.
Catharsis is a Greek term meaning "purging" or "cleansing".