Sleeping Sickness Turns Out to be Circadian Rhythm Disorder

Researchers from the Instituto de Medicina Molecular Reports report that African sleeping sickness is a circadian rhythm disorder caused by the acceleration of biological clocks controlling a range of vital functions besides sleep. By understanding which clock genes are affected by the parasitic disease, scientists hope the research will eventually prove useful in developing therapeutic alternatives to the toxic treatments that are occasionally fatal to patients."This is not specifically a