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Brookhaven Lab finds alcoholism-genetics link

(Dec. 2007)

Photo credit: Bloomberg News | (Dec. 2007)

Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have provided the first experimental evidence demonstrating how chronic alcoholism is influenced by a pre-existing genetic makeup that drives the urge to drink.

The research, conducted in specially bred mice by neuroscientist Dr. Peter Thanos and colleagues, found that brains lacking a particular receptor were more likely to become vulnerable to...

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