New article reviews how the circadian clock controls various aspects of homeostasis – News-Medical.Net

Subconsciously, our bodies keep time for us through an ancient means – the circadian clock. A new University of California, Irvine-led article reviews how the clock controls various aspects of homeostasis, and how organs coordinate their function over the course of a day.
What is fascinating is that nearly every cell that makes up our organs has its own clock, and thus timing is a crucial aspect of biology. Understanding how daily timing is integrated with function across organs has implications…

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