Breast cancer risk higher in western parts of time zones; is electric light to blame?
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October 20, 2017
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(THE CONVERSATION) The 2017 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to three researchers “for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.”
The circadian rhythm is an innate, approximately 24-hour cycle in physiology found in almost all life on Earth. The prize adds a new prominence to the study of how disruption of circadian physiology might compromise human health.
An innovative new approach is based on location within a time zone, which a...
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