News tagged with internal clock
Related topics: circadian rhythms
Scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock
How does our biological system know that it is supposed to operate on a 24-hour cycle? Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that a tiny molecule holds the clue to the mystery.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Research describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body’s Circadian system and may ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Researchers use math to reduce jet lag
Reducing jet lag is the aim of a new mathematical methodology and software program developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the University of Michigan.
Jun 18, 2009 |
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MicroRNAs grease the cell's circadian clockwork
Most of our cells possess an internal clock, a group of genes displaying a cyclic expression pattern that reaches a peak once a day. A large number of circadian genes are expressed by organs such as the liver, whose activity ...
May 31, 2009 |
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Genetic basis for migration
Scientists studying Eastern North American monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have uncovered a suite of genes that may be involved in driving the butterflies to migrate towards Mexico for the winter. Their research, publis ...
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Researchers find potential cause of heart risks for shift workers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and colleagues have identified the potential cause of the increased risk for cardiovascular and metabolic disease in shift workers. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Paper sheds new 'light' on fascinating rhythms of the circadian clock
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long known that interrupting the 24-hour circadian rhythm plays havoc with the lives and health of medical, military and airline personnel, factory employees and travelers.
Biology /
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Stop counting sheep (and hitting snooze)
WAKE UP
If you're lucky, you're still sleeping when it's "time to make the doughnuts."
Jan 19, 2009 |
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