Frontier Research Center for Advanced Material and Life Science

Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University

Professor Kiminori Nakamura’s research on shorter sleep time and intestinal environment is featured on NHK News!

News video (in Japanese): Shorter sleep time reduces alpha-defensin, disrupting the intestinal environment (NHK website)

Original Article: Shorter sleep time relates to lower human defensin 5 secretion and compositional disturbance of the intestinal microbiota accompanied by decreased short-chain fatty acid production