Melatonin, Night Shift and DNA

Melatonin Improves DNA Damage Repair Capacity in Night Shift Workers
For night shift workers, melatonin supplementation seems to improve oxidative DNA damage repair capacity, according to a study published online Feb. 24 in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Umaimah Zanif,
Melatonin might help night shift workers lower cancer risk, study says
Night shift workers face an increased risk of cancer, as their disrupted sleep cycle causes wear and tear on their DNA. But taking melatonin might help ward off this risk, a new study suggests.
Melatonin supplementation may help offset DNA damage linked to night shift work
Melatonin supplementation may help offset the DNA damage associated with night shift work by boosting the body's ability to repair it, suggest the findings of a small clinical trial published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Taking melatonin can help lower the risk of cancer for some who use the sleep medicine, scientists say
Taking melatonin could help night shift workers avoid cancer, researchers said Monday. Researchers from North Carolina and British Columbia say the sleep supplement could be a “viable intervention strategy to reduce the burden of cancer” among that group,
Could Melatonin Protect Night Shift Workers From DNA Damage?
Researchers from BC Cancer Research Institute and University of British Columbia studied 40 night shift workers in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. A 3 mg melatonin dose taken before daytime sleep raised DNA repair markers by 80%.
Melatonin May Counter Night Shift DNA Damage
Melatonin supplementation may help offset the DNA damage associated with night shift work by boosting the body's ability to repair it, suggest the
Melatonin pills could help repair DNA damage due to night shift work, study finds
Normal production of the melatonin hormone, which is linked with one’s body clock and daylight, is suppressed among night shift workers.
Night shift workers can reduce cancer risk by taking melatonin
Night shift workers can reduce their cancer risk by taking the sleep hormone melatonin, suggests a new study. Melatonin supplements may help offset cancer-causing DNA damage linked to shift work, say scientists. It boosts the body’s ability to repair any damage, according to the findings of a small clinical trial.
Can taking melatonin supplements reduce cancer risks?
Researchers found that melatonin supplements could boost the body’s ability to repair DNA damage among night shift workers
Night shift workers ‘can reduce cancer risk by taking popular sleep supplement’
NIGHT shift workers can reduce their cancer risk by taking the sleep hormone melatonin, suggests a new study. Melatonin supplements offset cancer-causing DNA damage linked to shift work, according
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Gene editing has put biological research on a new trajectory
When the monkeys were single-celled embryos, scientists had used CRISPR editing tools to silence, or “knock out”, a gene that ...
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Working the night shift may be impacting your health
We know that working the night shift can be harmful to the body. But a new study in the British Medical Journal shows taking melatonin can reduce the damage. People who work the night shift have a ...