Drug Reverses Effects of Sleep Deprivation

Ryan O'Rourke writes "According to a study led by Dr. Sam A. Deadwyler and published by the Public Library of Science Biology, a new drug called CX717 developed by Cortex Pharmaceuticals has been shown to reverse the biological and behavioral effects of sleep deprivation. Tests performed on monkeys that were subjected to 30-36 hours of sleep deprivation revealed an average test performance accuracy drop to 63 percent, but that performance was restored to 84 percent after administering CX717. During normal alert conditions, performance accuracy of the animals was improved from an average of 75 percent to 90 percent after an injection of CX717. It is also believed the drug may help prevent or restore memory loss in Alzheimer's patients."

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Ahhh.....But...

[GeneralEmergency]

... WHY do you need sleep?

Your turn smart boy.

Inhumane and Pointless

[DukDuk]

< rant >
Why oh why does no one blink or yet shutter at the idea of this experiment and the torture of the primates that is involved.

Please spare me any arguments of necessity of animal experimentation, it's all bullsh*t. The vast majority of torture disguised as science is just like this one - of questionable merit and hardly a life-or-death necessity that vivisectionist might have you believe.

What contemptable crap. Of all the tools available to science and all the things this world needs, this is how some people spend their time - pursuing military dollars by torturing animals - socially-aware and emotive primates.

< /rant >

Re:Bah, alcohol is a proven sleep inducer

[Profane MuthaFucka]

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Re:Don't ignore the signals.

[Profane MuthaFucka]

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