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  Popular supplement melatonin found to have broader effects in brain than once thought

A study by Hiroshima University and UC Berkeley researchers shows that the hormone melatonin, which regulates the sleep-wake cycle, has a previously unknown effect on birds -- it shrinks their gonads. What might this supplement, popularly used to stave off jetlag, do in humans?