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Thursday, January 31, 2019

Sick And Tired? Scientists Find Protein That Puts Flies To Sleep And Fights Infection

After scientists screened over 8,000 genes in fruit flies, only one, which hadn

In the search for what triggers sleep, researchers stumbled upon a link between sleep and the immune system. A single fly gene gets turned on in sick flies, inducing sleep and an immune response.

(Image credit: Andrew Syred/Science Source )



from News : NPR https://n.pr/2MK9jlu

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