Researchers
from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and Yale University
Medical School have recently found 39 genes that when together are strongly
associated with alcoholism in human beings. The researchers viewed different
genomes of 1,000 people and tried to find a single gene responsible for the
disorder. However, when looking at all of the genes together, 39 of them were
discovered to have a correlation with alcoholism. This study was based on not
the genes individually, but the protein products they produce. When all 39
genes work together, they produce alcoholism.
With this discovery, we now know that
alcoholism is linked to genetics. In
discovering this, we can try to find a drug that can treat or prevent this disorder. Perhaps one day we will be able to greatly reduce or even eliminate alcoholism from the world.
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