Photo: iStockLondon: Body clocks cause wounds such as cuts and burns sustained during the day to heal around 60% faster than those sustained at night, scientists have discovered in a finding that has implications for surgery and wound-healing medicines. Burns that happened at night took an average of 60% longer to heal than burns that occurred during the day, the scientists found. Body clocks — known as circadian rhythms — regulate almost every cell in the body, driving 24-hour cycles in many processes such as sleeping, hormone secretion and metabolism. “We consistently see about a two-fold difference in wound healing speed between the body clock’s day and night. John Blaikley, a clinician scientist from Britain’s University of Manchester, said these new insights into the circadian factors important in skin repair should help the search for better wound-healing drugs.

Source: Mint November 09, 2017 08:36 UTC