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The clocks are falling back early this year, but new study reveals Daylight Saving Time harms our health — here’s why

Twice a year we change our clocks by an hour, with Daylight Saving Time sending the clocks back an hour in spring, and ending when the clocks go forward an hour in the fall to return us to Standard ...

Researchers rebuild microscopic circadian clock that can control genes

Our circadian clocks play a crucial role in our health and well-being, keeping our 24-hour biological cycles in sync with ...
Medical Xpress

The minimal circuit of the circadian clock: Just four neurons keep fruit flies on schedule, study finds

The clock network of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (gray). The clock neurons of the core clock, which form the minimal circuit of the internal clock, are highlighted in color. The four dorsal ...
News Medical

Study uncovers how bacterial circadian clocks control gene expression

Our circadian clocks play a crucial role in our health and well-being, keeping our 24-hour biological cycles in sync with light and dark exposure. Disruptions in the rhythms of these clocks, as with ...
News Medical

Study reveals how the body clock stays on track despite temperature changes

Researchers led by Gen Kurosawa at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) in Japan have used theoretical physics to discover how our biological clock ...
TheHealthSite

Goodbye Jet Lag: Scientists Develop Drug That Resets Body Clock

In a breakthrough study, scientists from Kanazawa University in Japan developed Mic-628 which can activate a key internal clock gene called Per1.
GEN

Muscle’s Circadian Clock Regulates Protein Degradation in Zebrafish, May Lead to Treatments

Muscle cells contain their own circadian clocks and disrupting them with shift work can have a profound impact on aging, according to the results of a preclinical study carried out by Jeffrey Kelu, ...