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Circadian Clocks
10
Jul

UN Environment Program – IMPACT OF LIGHT POLLUTION ON DIFFERENT TAXA OF MIGRATORY SPECIES

July 10, 2021,
IMPACT OF LIGHT POLLUTION ON DIFFERENT TAXA OF MIGRATORY SPECIES(Prepared by Ms. Laetitia Nunny on behalf of the CMS Secretariat) Extract 1.1.3 Biological impacts of light pollutionOrganisms have evolved under consistent light conditions with day and night, lunar cycles and seasonality (Seymoure, 2018). Natural light is used by wildlife as a resource and to gain...
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24
Jan

An Unexpected, & Novel, Target for Prostate Cancer – Our Biological Clock

January 24, 2021
Thomas Jefferson University 01.15.21 Researchers find that CRY-1, a regulator of circadian rhythms, promotes tumor progression by altering DNA repair. PHILADELPHIA – Our biological or circadian clock synchronizes all our bodily processes to the natural rhythms of light and dark. It’s no wonder then that disrupting the clock can wreak havoc on our body. In fact, studies...
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07
Sep

Circadian Medicine – Will Change the World | Tami Martino | TEDxGuelphU

September 7, 2019
Every cell in your body connects with just light. Learn what circadian medicine focuses on and where medical efforts are being put to solving some of humanity’s biggest health crises today. From the stars above to the molecular biology that lies at the centre of all living things, Circadian Medicine will help us understand and...
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02
Jun

Circadian clocks: Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain, studies show

June 2, 2019
Date: May 30, 2019 Source: University of California – Irvine Summary: Researchers have suspected that the body’s various circadian clocks can operate independently from the central clock in the hypothalamus of the brain. Now, they have found a way to test that theory. Can your liver sense when you’re staring at a television screen or...
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