Genetic Consequences: Article Summary

In the article from LA Times on March 1, 2013, “Sleep Deprivation has genetic consequences, study finds” Eryn Brown states that people who have lack of sleep have higher risk of disease. Brown says that people who lack more sleep than others shut down genes that heal the body and are more likely to be obese, suffer from “cardiovascular woes”, and can have several diseases. She supports her claim by using types of evidence by a study conceived by scientists, then the statistics of people that are sleep-deprived , and finally, she uses quotes and opinions from the experts. Brown writes it in an informative tone for general readers of LA Times. She wants to inform them about lack of sleep and its consequences, so they warn their younglings. In order to inform readers, Brown delineates the fact that loss of sleep has affected the adults that volunteered through scientific study. For example, they found out that lack of sleep causes the rhythmic patterns in the way genes turn on and off has disrupted the “genes’ circadian clock”. Brown is effective in the sleep deprivation topic because she ran many experiments and tests to find out what can happen with lack of sleep as well as referring to
It definitely talks about sleep deprivation and its genetic consequences and how Ms. Eryn Brown used her tests and experiments to find some answers. All of the paragraphs and sentences relate to the topic and definitely stay on the topic. To me, it sounded as if Eryn Brown was truly passionate doing these experiments and writing for the LA Times. She has kept her strong opinion throughout the entire article and did not sense any doubt in her opinion. She can have influences on other scientists and inspire them to run their own experiments about this certain topic and tell us more about it. Sleep deprivation is a very serious matter and should not be joked around