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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[lastchance_000]

The 167 hour work week!

Re:Coming soon...

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In other news:

EA_spouse spontaneously combusts.

great! now I can work longer...

[utexaspunk]

...so i can make more money. ...so i can buy more cx717 ...so i can work longer. ...so i can make more money ...so i can buy more cx717 ...so i can...

EA

[wikkiewikkie]

In related news, productivity at EA is up 44%.

Women everywhere moan

[Alex P Keaton in da]

Women everywhere moan.... as their number two excuse, right after I have a headache, becomes scientifically irrelevant....
I'm too tired honey....

It's a trick:

[dsginter]

Everyone, I did some digging and found that this "CX717" is simply this.

Something funny from the summary

[einhverfr]

I noted that the summary stated that it could restore memory loss in Alzheimer's patients.

Darn'd grandma. Her memory is improving again. Time to restore her memory loss.......

Ok, this is sort of scary....

Yay!

[MightyMartian]

Orlando, FL - Gary Buzzeye has been taking CX717 for seven months now, and says he gets by on two hours of sleep a week.

"It's absolutely fantastic." Buzzeye says as he scrapes away the skin around his eyes with a rusty nail-puller. "I've never felt better, and my productivity is way up." When asked if there were any side-effects, Buzzeye replied "None whatsoever. Since I killed my wife and sold my children to Satan, who happens to live two doors down, things have been great. Now if I could only get the snakes to stop eating my feet, I'd be one hundred percent. Oh, could you get the door, I think it's Napoleon. He's a real bitch, and he likes to steal my aluminum brainguard."