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Is there gene therapy for alcoholism?

Is there gene therapy for alcoholism?

No there is not as of yet.

Gene Therapy Reduces Drinking in "Alcoholic" Rats

UPTON, NY - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have shown that increasing the level of a brain protein important for transmitting pleasure signals can turn rats that prefer alcohol into light drinkers, and those with no preference into near teetotalers. The findings, published in the first September 2001 issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry (Vol. 78, No. 5), may have implications for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism in humans.

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