livescience.com — The mechanism behind jet lag, insomnia and other disorders that rely on an inner body clock is not what it seems, scientists announced today. The effect of a mutation in a key gene involved in the regulation of sleep and wake cycles in mammals works in the opposite way from what was previously thought.
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keepitwarmJul 4, 2006
eh?
jcidiotashramJul 5, 2006
if the drug companies had it wrong all the time, how did they manage to make drugs to treat the disorder and people get results. i'm so confused
ravitekJul 5, 2006
"The bodies of humans and other mammals know what time it is by constantly measuring the concentration of a protein called PER in the body."How true. I find myself checking the time everyday exactly at 9:11pm. It creeps me out.