Bacteria engineered with synthetic circadian clocks

Many of the body's processes follow a natural daily rhythm or so-called circadian clock, so there are certain times of the day when a person is most alert, when the heart is most efficient, and when the body prefers sleep. Even bacteria have a circadian clock, and in a new study, researchers designed synthetic microbes to learn what drives this clock and how it might be manipulated.

Originally published at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151210124546.htm