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by Gloria Gamat on December 8, 2008
Lack of Sleep has a genetic link with type 2 diabetes is the new finding reported at Nature Genetics.
The said findings discovered a surprisingly clear connection between sleep and the regulation of sugar levels in the blood.
Read more from Science News.
The said findings discovered a surprisingly clear connection between sleep and the regulation of sugar levels in the blood.
The findings fill in some of the molecular details of how sleep can change blood sugar levels. The key, it appears, is a melatonin receptor, a protein on the outside of cells that senses melatonin in the blood and triggers sleep- or wake-related changes in cells.
The three new genomic studies show that melatonin, a major regulator of the body's sleep clock, is closely linked to increased glucose levels and diabetes.
Read more from Science News.
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