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NEW lifestyle pills will let us live healthily on TWO HOURS sleep a night, it was revealed yesterday.
The idea is that users will be better placed to deal with the pressure of modern life.
Scientists said the tablets would deliver sleep deeper and more refreshing than the real thing.
They could even lead to people being able to go WITHOUT sleep for several days at a stretch. And there will also be pills that deliver what feels like eight hours of sleep in half that time, reported New Scientist magazine.
Russell Foster, a biologist specialising in the natural cycle, said: “The more we understand about the body’s 24-hour clock the more we will be able to override it.”
Prof Foster, of Imperial College London, added: “In ten to 20 years we’ll be able to pharmacologically turn sleep off. Mimicking sleep will take longer but I can see it happening.”
However, Neil Stanley, head of sleep research at the University of Surrey, said: “I think that would be the most hideous thing to happen to society.”
Scientists are hoping to build on the success of the drug Modafinil.
The stimulant, which was launched seven years ago, allows people to wake up refreshed after four hours of sleep.
thesun.co.uk
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I've heard a lot of bulls- in my life, but this is close to beat all the rest.
Anyway, I would never EVER give up my
sacred 9-10 hours of sleep every night, even if it was possible
