DNA Damage Caused by Sleep Deprivation

Sleep deprivation was associated with DNA damage in a new Anaesthesia study. In the observational study on 49 healthy full-time doctors who had their blood analyzed at different time points, on-call doctors who were required to work overnight on-site had lower DNA repair gene expression and more DNA breaks than participants who did not work overnight. In these overnight on-site call doctors, DNA repair gene expression decreased and DNA breaks increased after sleep deprivation. Damaged DNA increased after only one night of sleep deprivation. https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/has-your-doctor-had-enough-sleep-dna-damage-caused-by-sleep-deprivation?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Breaking%20Science%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=69301217&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-99TvmPPxkLhdHXONI57nMCZ0Eey9sLJx0EGpR7ULozw2etDItBLP25snWYkIC94VC1rMNecCo1tuerWMYPhGbEyQ3ogw&_hsmi=69301217