Circadian clocks are key to muscle health and accelerated aging in shift workers, study suggests

Muscle cells contain their own clocks and alter them with shifts can have a profound impact on aging, assures a new research published in 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ' (PNAS), which contributes to the growing evidence of the damage that shiftwork has on health.The study reveals how muscle cells have an intrinsic timing mechanism that regulates protein renewal, modulating muscle growth and function.At night, the muscle clock …

Circadian clocks are key to muscle health and accelerated aging in shift workers, study suggests

Muscle cells contain their own circadian clocks and disrupting them with shift work can have a profound impact on aging, according to new research.

How Biological Clocks Influence Muscle Health and Accelerated Aging in

Muscle cells are not just the workhorses of movement and strength; they also harbor their own intrinsic circadian clocks that govern critical cellular processes. Recent groundbreaking research from King’s College London illuminates how these internal timekeeping mechanisms regulate muscle health and how their disruption, such as by shift work, accelerates the ageing of muscle tissue. Published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Acade…