Scientists have developed a blood test with which the police can see if the driver is too tired to control his car. When you’re exhausted, the likelihood of dangerous accidents is greatly increased.
A new blood test will help police to determine whether drivers are too tired to control the car. Today, the police have a reliable means of checking the level of alcohol in blood of drivers. However, fatigue is sometimes no less dangerous for road users, as in this state, the reaction speed of the driver and his ability to control the operation of the vehicle surroundings is much reduced. That is why many experts suggest the police with the help of special tests to determine the fatigue of the drivers is exactly the same as today determine intoxication.
Until recently, however, police were not reliable methods of assessing the fatigue. And now scientists from the special Centre of sleep research at the University of Surrey has attracted 36 healthy adults to explore how blood can determine the lack of sleep and rest man. Some of the volunteers were asked not to sleep for up to 40 hours. We all took blood tests, and they assessed changes in thousands of genes.
After this computer program allowed the identification of 68 genes that show whether a blood test to determine the degree of fatigue of a person. It turned out that this test allows to solve this problem with an accuracy of 92%. In the next step, the researchers hope to improve my analysis, so that it was clear how tired the person is. (READ MORE)