Contemporary Advances in Physiological Science: Marking the Centennial of the Department of Human and Animal Physiology of Moscow State University

The article offers an overview of publications in the special issue of Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 16: Biologiya (Herald of Moscow University. Series 16: Biology), marking the centennial of the Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Moscow State University, founded by prominent Russian physiologist Aleksandr F. Samoilov. Additionally, insight is provided into the milestones of the department’s history. Studies presented by leading national researchers, including a scientific research group from the Department of Human and Animal Physiology, are discussed within the scope of current challenges faced by physiological science