Made In China l QI l Oriental Express l Chinese Whispers l Resource Vantage Point l Critiques l Research l WellBeing Forum l Stories Vantage Point Pages 1 l 2 l 3 l 4 Gene's activities were fluctuating at all times of the day and night in the liver, he said, but in the heart there was a burst of gene activity in late morning. The researchers still don't know what functions the cycling genes provide for the body. Even though only 37 genes were cycling in both tissues, the remainder of the cycling genes appear to be providing the two organs with similar functions, he said. Learning more about the genes could have medical implications, said Michael Menaker, a biological clock researcher at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Scientists might get clues to how the body varies heart rate and blood pressure during the day, or why the liver can process medications better at certain hours. "What the whole field has to do is figure out what the genes that are rhythmic are actually doing," Dr Menaker said. "When we know that we can begin to use it therapeutically." KRT'   Contact Michael | © AustralianAcupuncture.com 2002 I About AustralianAcupuncture.com

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