The Clocks within Our Cells.

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  • Author(s): Greenwood, Veronique (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Scientific American. Jul2018, Vol. 319 Issue 1, p50-57. 8p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CLINICAL chronobiology; CIRCADIAN rhythms; GENE expression; HISTORY of medicine; ASTHMA; BLOOD pressure; GENES
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the role of circadian rhythms has on medication timing to treat diseases (chronomedicine). It states that up to 82 percent of mammalian genes undergo cyclic expression patterns of highs and lows meaning that there is a time aspect to biology. It talks about old medical compendiums which found some medical disorders had daily variations in manifestations, including asthma, blood pressure, and chest pains. It mentions research into gene expression cyclic patterns