Body's 'chemical calendar' discovered

25 Sept 2015


Scientists have discovered a cluster of 17,000 "calendar cells" in the pituitary gland which can be either in a "summer" or "winter" state, producing different levels of hormones when they are in each of the different states.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34351983


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