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How a protein controls our sleep pattern
Many of us would wish to have more, or at least better, sleep. Now new research could lead to therapies for sleep disorders. Scientists have found a protein that affects genes and controls the body clock. Professor David Virshup, Director of the Duke University & National University of Singapore Medical School is one of the authors of the study.
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