Searching for shut eye: Study identifies possible sleep gene
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 14:42
in Biology & Nature
While scientists and physicians know what happens if you don't get six to eight hours of shut-eye a night, investigators have long been puzzled about what controls the actual need for sleep. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine might have an answer, at least in fruit flies. In a recent study of fruit flies, they identified a gene that controls sleep.