NYU researchers simulate molecular biological clock
For many years, DNA and proteins have beenviewed as the real movers and shakers in genomic studies, with RNA seenas little more than a messenger that shuttles information between thetwo. But researchers from Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Researchand Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that smallRNA molecules called microRNAs regulate thousands of human genes--morethan...Effective Cancer Treatments Follow The Clock
Oncologists have long thought that cancer treatments tend to be more effective at certain times of day. But they have been unable to turn this knowledge into practice, because they did not understand the phenomenon well enough. Now, researchers have discov...Glow-in-the-dark zebrafish at UH hold keys to biological clocks
Using genetically altered zebrafish that glow in the dark, University of Houston researchers have found new tools that shed light upon biological clock cycles. Gregory M. Cahill, associate professor of biology and biochemistry at UH, and Maki Kaneko, a fellow UH researcher who is now at the University of California-San Diego, presented their findings in a paper titled "Light-dependent Dev...After a time-shift, mixed signals from the circadian clock
Circadian rhythms in mammalian behavior, physiology, and biochemistry are controlled by the central clock within a brain structure known as the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The clock is synchronized to environmental cycles of light and dark. It is well known, from everyday experience, that adjusting to new light schedules takes several days, though the details of how this adaptation takes place...The circadian clock: Understanding nature's timepiece
A cluster of brain cells less than half the size of a pencil eraser tells you when to wake up, when to be hungry and when it's time to go to sleep. The same cells also cause you to be disoriented after you've flown across multiple time zones. The human circadian clock, comprised of about 20,000 time-keeping cells, has mystified scientists since it was pinpointed in the brain about 30 year...Just one nanosecond: Clocking events at the nanoscale
MADISON - As scientists and engineers build devices at smaller and smaller scales, grasping the dynamics of how materials behave when they are subjected to electrical signals, sound and other manipulations has proven to be beyond the reach of standard scientific techniques. But now a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has found a way to time such effects at the nanometer...Primex, Visiplex settle suit over clock-setting technology
in Deerfield. The suit involved patents on automatically setting clocks in schools, hospitals or other institutions based on the clocks in GPS satellites. Both companies are privately held, and terms of the settl...Biological Clock Could Be Re-Set: Study
A new study has found that the body clock, which plays a major role in our metal and physical health could be re-set to help people working in swing shifts, experiencing jet lag or facing depression. // Everyone is equipped with a biological clock, a region in the brain of the size of a corn kernel, which dictates our sleep-wake cycles. A research conducted by Kent State professor Davi...An Alarm Clock to Wake You up Refreshed
An Austrian company has just launched an alarm clock that promises to wake its users up when their body is ready to face the day.// The aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock checks 30 minutes before the alarm is due to go off whether your body is in a deep or light phase of sleep, say the manufacturers Infacory Innovations, who presented the gadget at the International Trade Fair for Sports (IS...The connection between strokes and the internal clock
Researchers have indicated that Ischemic strokes have a tendency of occurring in the morning as against hemorrhagic strokes, which show a pattern//of occurrence during the early evening. This fact was revealed when they studied 12,957 patients who had suffered a cerebral infarction, an intracerebral hemorrhage, or a subarachnoid hemorrhage. The presence of two peaks were prominent, the...Akahoshi Prechop (12 o'clock approach)
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