Cracking the Code of Sleep: Insights from Harvard Researchers.

Harvard neurobiologist Dragana Rogulja is using fruit flies and mice to study the basic biology of sleep, exploring why we need to sleep and how the brain disconnects from the environment during sleep. Her research has revealed a crucial link between the brain and the gut, with potential implications for humans. Her findings suggest that if we can prevent oxidation in the gut, we might be able to counteract the effect of losing sleep. This is important because many diseases that arise when you don’t sleep enough may actually be a consequence of gut damage.