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Sleeping and Dreaming Public Event: An End To Feeling Shattered?
- Hosted by:
- Wellcome Collection
- Speaker:
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Dr Simon Williams, Lecturer in Sociology, Warwick University
Julia Boyle, Deputy Head of HPRU Medical Research Centre, University of Surrey
John Harris, Professor of Bioethics, University of Manchester
- Starts:
- February 28, 2008 at 07:00 pm
- Ends:
- February 28, 2008 at 08:30 pm
- Location:
- Wellcome Collection, , 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Are we searching for the day when we never have to sleep? The emergence of narcolepsy prescription drugs on the black market has show there is public demand for healthy people to try and medicate and control the hours they sleep. Big questions are faced by society, drug companies and medical science – should the option to limit sleep be available?
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
All events are free, unless otherwise stated.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Wellcome Collection
- Phone:
- 020 7611 2222
- Email:
- events [ at ] wellcomecollection.org
- Website:
- Sleeping and Dreaming Public Event: An End To Feeling Shattered?
