Alcohol Treatments

U.S. scientists say that a simple vaccine could be alcoholism. It would also be effective against drug.

It was recently released a study that has as its protagonists to researchers at the University of San Francisco, California.

Ever tried a shot, with success in mice, which promises to end the evil of alcoholism. The substance applied, scientists explain, is a growth factor essential for the formation of kidney and motor neurons.

Known as GDNF, the substance may be related to the part of the brain that is affected by the vice of alcohol and other drugs such as cocaine or morphine.

Specialists in mice injected this fluid in the brain and noticed that the intake of alcohol decreased. The animals who had been drunk and not drink again the same way after application.

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