Friday 22 August 2014

Tuning of Internal Body Clock Better Understood

A new way that internal body clocks are regulated by a type of molecule known as long non-coding RNA has been found by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The internal body clocks, called circadian clocks, regulate the daily "rhythms" of many bodily functions, from waking and sleeping to body temperature and hunger. They are largely "tuned" to a 24-hour cycle that is influenced by external cues such as light and temperature. "Although we know ...

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