The end of addiction? Scientists are re-engineering our brains
New gene therapies could hold the key to freeing addicts from their abusive cycles – but will altering their receptors change their personalities as well?
Ohio State University professor Krystof Bankiewicz never imagined that he’d find himself working with alcoholic monkeys. Yet, through his research into Parkinson’s disease, he began to realise that – thanks to these monkeys – he might have a unique window into the brain pathways of addiction and ways of reshaping them for the better.
New treatment categories show promise in the treatment of addictions.
