Just seven days of poor sleep will alter your genes

The research comes from studying the blood of subjects after ten hours of sleep per night and then again after just six hours. The numbers were striking.

Hundreds of genes were affected including those dealing with immunity and stress as well as healing.

Researchers said there was “quite a dramatic change in activity in many different kinds of genes,"

The conclusion is the body has to be rested in order to keep its internal balance

The next goal is to find a way to turn off the gene changes associated with sleeplessness. If it can be done it might be possible to eliminate the effects of sleep deprivation making sleep unnecessary and bosses everywhere very pleased.