Time Matters: Does Our Biological Clock Keep Cancer at Bay? (IMAGE)

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Time Matters: Does Our Biological Clock Keep Cancer at Bay?

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New research reveals that a link between two biological cycles - the circadian rhythm (top left) and the cell cycle (top right), mediated by several key regulatory proteins (centre) - may play a role in the progression and treatment of cancer. Thus changing the length of the "day" (bottom left) can influence the proliferation of cells (bottom right).

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Angela Relógio, adapted by Roland Roberts.

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