An 'eternal summer' created by home heating and lighting may be disrupting seasonal rhythms in the human body with the risk of illness or even premature death, researchers say.
研究人员指出,由家庭供暖和照明设备创造的“永恒夏日可能会扰乱人体内部的季节节律,有着导致人们患病甚至过早死亡的风险。
Scientists fear that the prevalence of warm houses and sustained contact with bright lights could supress important genes which have evolved to activate at different times of the year.
科学家们担心温暖宜人的房子的普及和持续的明亮灯光可能抑制人体重要基因的活动,这些基因已经进化出在一年当中的不同时期激活的机制。
They think perpetually warm dwellings may be a recipe for disaster as the sensitive proteins – some of which kick in during the winter to fight off common diseases like flu – are fooled into thinking it is still the summer and do not activate.
他们认为永远温暖的房屋有可能导致灾难性后果,因为敏感蛋白会误以为时间还是夏天而不激活自己发挥作用,其中有些敏感蛋白会在冬季激活以抵抗流感等常见疾病。
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have previously found that a quarter of human genes display seasonal variation, including the protection against various infectious diseases.
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