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Not sleeping for one night can lead to signs comparable to the symptoms of schizophrenia, report scientists in their publication in The Journal of Neuroscience. In people who stay awake for 24 hours the ability to filter information gets as disrupted as is the case in psychotic patients. This phenomenon could be used as a model in the development of new treatments for schizophrenia. Continue reading
Protectin DX (PDX), an omega 3-fatty acid derivative, could possibly be used as a new therapy for diabetes type 2, according to researchers of the Laval University in Quebec. Philip White and colleagues described the results this week in Nature Medicine. In an earlier published article they demonstrated that low biosynthesis of protectins is associated with inflammation and insulin resistance in obese mice on a high-fat-diet. Continue reading
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