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Dirk Hanson

Articles and health studies about drugs, addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings.

Showing posts with label addiction genes. Show all posts

Showing posts with label addiction genes. Show all posts

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Smokers’ Genes: Evidence From a 4-Decade Study

How adolescent risk becomes adult addiction. Pediatricians have often remarked upon it: Give one adolescent his first cigarette, and h...

Monday, August 16, 2010

Chasing the Genes for Cocaine Addiction

Brain protein MeCP2 in the spotlight. Dr. Edward Sellers, former director of the psychopharmacological research program at the University ...

Friday, June 26, 2009

Friday File

Book and blog recommendations for the weekend. Books I just finished reading a splendid book, Barbara Oakley’s Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, H...

Sunday, June 21, 2009

The Dapsone Analogy

Another way of looking at addiction. Medical science tells us that there are diseases called “pharmacogenetic disorders.” A common one is k...

Sunday, July 6, 2008

If the Genes Fit....

U.K psychiatrists agree addiction is "genetically determined." Although the verdict is very little in doubt these days, the herita...

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