Have you ever considered that working night shifts may, in the long run, have an impact on your health? A team of researchers from the McGill University affiliated Douglas Mental Health University Institute (DMHUI) has discovered that genes regulating important biological processes are incapable of adapting to new sleeping and eating patterns and that most of them stay tuned to their daytime biological clock rhythms.

Classified as: night shifts, Douglas Mental Health Institute, Laura Kervezee, Marc Cuesta, Nicolas Cermakian and Diane B. Boivin
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Published on: 7 May 2018
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