Posts Tagged ‘circadian rhythm’
Jet lagged? Time to reset that inner clock
CORNELL (US) — A better understanding of how circadian rhythms work could lead to better treatments for jet lag and perhaps even more serious syndromes, a new study shows. Continue…
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Science & Technology - May 2, 2011 15:01 - 0 Comments
Fruit flies may help us get good zzzs
UC DAVIS (US) — Fooling fruit flies into thinking the day is 16 hours long instead of 24 could help alleviate human sleep disorders. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 13, 2011 13:27 - 1 Comment
Reset plants’ clock to wintertime
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — A circadian clock helps plants know when it’s time to kick their tolerance to freezing temperatures into high gear. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 17, 2011 11:33 - 4 Comments
Why waking up is hard to do
NORTHWESTERN (US) — If “five more minutes” is part of your normal morning routine, you can blame it on the absence of the “twenty-four” gene—one of the core genes of the circadian clock. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 3, 2011 14:39 - 0 Comments
Plant says to mildew: ‘Bring it on’
DUKE (US) — A little mustard plant revs up its immune system in the morning to prepare for the salvo of spores hurled by its nemesis, a downy mildew. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 27, 2010 12:29 - 0 Comments
Baby’s irregular rhythm may grow into anxiety
U. PITTSBURGH (US)—Infants with irregular patterns of sleeping, eating, and playing were significantly more likely to experience symptoms of anxiety more than a decade later. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 11, 2010 13:57 - 0 Comments
Clock gene knows when it’s time to eat, sleep
NYU (US)—Biologists have isolated genes that regulate the sleep-feeding conflict, paving the way to new insights into how the brain chooses between behaviors that are critical for survival. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 10, 2010 15:58 - 1 Comment
Cancer cells ignore their internal clocks
VANDERBILT (US)—A new finding challenges the assumption that the biological clocks in cancer cells are damaged and can’t regulate cell division in the fashion that they do in normal cells. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2010 15:25 - 0 Comments
From fruit flies, timely clues about fighting flab
TEXAS A&M (US)—The tiny tongue of a fruit fly could provide big answers to questions about human eating habits, possibly even leading to new ways to treat obesity. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2009 13:54 - 0 Comments
Keeps whites white and living cells on time
USC (US)—If a circadian rhythm is like an orchestra—the united expression of the rhythms of millions of cells—hydrogen peroxide may serve as the conductor, or at least as the baton. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 12, 2009 20:17 - 3 Comments
Cracking the body’s circadian code
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Mathematicians say they have identified the signal the brain sends to control biological rhythms, a finding that overturns a long-held theory about our internal clock and that could point to new ways to correct sleep problems like insomnia and jet lag. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 1, 2009 11:44 - 1 Comment
Electric fish come equipped with dimmer
TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—Electric fish communicate by quickly plugging special channels into their cells to generate electrical impulses, according to new research. And, like all good consumers, they conserve energy by turning their electrical signals up and down. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 10, 2009 11:09 - 2 Comments
Midnight snacks pack on pounds
“How or why a person gains weight is very complicated, but it clearly is not just calories in and calories out,” says lead researcher Fred Turek.
