Antioxidant that allows flies to live without sleep could provide sleep deprivation treatment
They may be a household irritant incessantly circling the fruit bowl – but scientists think the humble fruit fly may hold the key to treating sleep deprivation. When the 0.15-inch insects were denied sleep, a molecule called reactive oxidative species (ROS) began to build-up in their guts, and they all died after 20 days – … Read more