/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8485/all en /newsroom/channels/news/effect-night-shifts-gene-expression-fails-adapt-new-sleep-patterns-287064 <p>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 黑料不打烊 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.</p> Mon, 07 May 2018 19:28:49 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 39487 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/impact-night-work-our-immune-system-261292 <p><a href="/newsroom"><strong><em>黑料不打烊 Newsroom</em></strong></a></p> <p><em>Study reveals the impact of night work</em></p> <p>You cross paths with him at the break of dawn in the corridors of the Metro. He looks bleary-eyed and pallid. This worker鈥檚 night shift just ended. His body clocks are out of sync with one another, and, imperceptibly, they鈥檙e also out of sync with his environment. In the long run, this night owl could be at greater risk of developing cardiovascular, autoimmune diseases or certain types of cancer.</p> Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:22:50 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25958 at /newsroom