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Gut microbes may have links with sleep deprivation

By Lewis Mattin, Senior Lecturer, Life Sciences, University of Westminster

Sleep is one of the essential physiological needs for human survival, alongside food, water and air. But sleep is socially driven, influenced by environmental and personal factors, and a recent study suggests it may be affected by fragments from bacteria.

Historically scientists have thought it unlikely that gut microbes affect physiological sleep regulation. The recent study, published…

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