STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Go a few nights without enough sleep and you’re more likely to get sick, but scientists have no real explanation for how sleep is related to the immune system. Now, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine are finding that fruit flies can point to the answers. What they have learned thus far is that illness and sleep disruption may be a two-way street: sick flies can’t sleep, and losing sleep makes them more susceptible to infection. >>> Discuss This Story
