Far more than your alarm clock, what governs your wake-sleep cycle is the internal circadian clock regulating your whole body. This biological timekeeper also affects hunger, thirst, body temperature, mood, hormone fluctuations and more. This is a hot topic in Israel and abroad due to the “extreme importance of the circadian clock on many different processes in neurobiology … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2019
Israeli Study Shows More Successful Method For Skin Grafts
March 7, 2019 by
Skin grafts are modern medicine miracles, saving the lives of people suffering from severe tissue damage. Unfortunately, they are also complicated to perform and carry the risk of infection, rejection and a whole lot of pain. d. Instead of using the patient’s own skin or the skin of others, lab-grown tissue is used to replace or regenerate the damaged area. This too is a … [Read more...]
Sleep Vital to Repair DNA Damage
March 7, 2019 by
It’s no secret that a good night’s sleep is important. But it’s also pretty strange that all living things require substantial shut-eye that leaves them vulnerable in a world full of danger. So what makes the benefits of sleep so great that it’s worth the risk? This is the question that researchers from Bar-Ilan University sought to answer. In a study now published … [Read more...]
