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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Blood cells circulating in the head of a fruit fly. Research by HHMI Investigator Amita Sehgal and her team shows that sleep helps protect neurons by moving oxidative damage to glia as oxidized lipids, some of which are then transferred to blood cells.

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