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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 genetics of addiction. Show all posts

Showing posts with label genetics of addiction. Show all posts

Monday, June 4, 2012

High-Risk Haplotypes in Smokers

It’s getting harder to interpret genetics studies, and that’s a good thing. Reporting the results of published studies concerned with ge...

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Alcohol: The Genetic Puzzle (3 of 3)

What about other drugs? Do the same genetic relationships demonstrated in the alcohol adoption studies prove true for other drugs? Was it ...

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Alcoholism: The Genetic Puzzle

Fathers and Sons. The hunt for genetic influences on alcoholism derives largely from the work of Dr. Donald W. Goodwin, chair of the Depar...

Friday, May 30, 2008

Epigenetics and Addiction

Turning off the genes for substance abuse. If psychiatric disorders, including depression and addiction, are rooted in nature, but modified ...

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