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Then-HHS science adviser Paul Alexander called for millions of Americans to be infected as means of fighting Covid-19.
Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:33 PM
Bummer, sleeping in on the weekends is bad for the brain. Disruptions to the circadian rhythm causes inflammation and can eventually lead to Alzheimer’s.
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St. Louis have spent some years investigating the links between circadian rhythm and Alzheimers, and have recently been making some real inroads. Following a 2018 study demonstrating how disrupted sleep can accelerate the buildup of toxic plaques associated with the disease, the team has now identified a protein implicated in the progression of the disease that appears highly regulated by the circadian rhythm, helping them join the dots and providing a potential new therapeutic target.
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