Sleep as therapy

Once seen as a symptom, disrupted sleep is emerging as a modifiable driver of chronic illness. Drugmakers are targeting sleep pathways to reshape chronic disease biology, from pain to depression

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Arnold, C. Sleep as therapy.
Nat Med (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04582-5

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