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Using advanced research techniques, Rutgers Heath–led scientists have shed light on how chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia are related, paving the way

Research identifies the decline of the protein pleiotrophin (PTN) as a cause of neuronal death due to sleep deprivation, offering a new perspective on how sleep loss impacts cognitive function and disease risk. Not only does a lack of sleep make you feel awful, research has shown it impairs the b

A geneticist’s biggest challenge: Curing his own son Michaela Haas © Ron Davis and his son, Whitney, who has been mostly bedridden for 10 years [Photo courtesy of Ashley... Ron Davis and his son, Whitney, who has been mostly bedridden for 10 years [Photo courtesy of Ashley Haugen] Palo Alto, California – Whitney Dafoe’s day begins at 2:30pm. His father, Ron Davis, peeks through the keyhole into the 37-year-old’s room. Is he awake? ABSOLUTELY NO ENTRY is scrawled in red on a handmade sign pinned to the door below a picture of the Dalai Lama. Davis has rushed home fro...

Palo Alto, California – Whitney Dafoe’s day begins at 2:30pm. His father, Ron Davis, peeks through the keyhole into the 37-year-old’s room. Is he awake? ABSOLUTELY NO ENTRY is scrawled in red on a handmade sign pinned to the door below a picture of the Dalai Lama. Davis has rushed home from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, to take the afternoon shift. When Whitney raises his left hand, fingers clenched to a fist, that’s Davis’s cue. Whitney is ready for his dad to change his urinal, put ice on his aching belly, and refill the IV-drip.