Keeping the body ticking: Scientists discover mechanism that regulates circadian clock
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 11:20
in Biology & Nature
Tick tock. Tick tock. A team of scientists from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor have discovered a molecular switch that regulates the body's circadian clock and allows it to keep time. This switch could be a potential drug target to treat circadian rhythm disorders caused by jet lag, shift work or metabolic disorders.