Gene Editing a “Factory Reset” for the Brain To Cure Anxiety and Excessive Drinking

A recent animal study shows gene editing reverses brain genetic reprogramming caused by adolescent binge drinking.Gene editing reverses brain genetic reprogramming caused by adolescent binge drinking.Gene editing may be a potential treatment for anxiety and alcohol use disorder in adults who were exposed to binge drinking in their adolescence, according to the findings of an animal study published on May 4, 2022, in the journal Science Advances.The study was issued by researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) who have been studying the effects of early-life binge drinking on health later in life.In earlier research, the UIC team found that binge drinking in adolescence alters brain chemistry at the enhancer region of the Arc gene — for activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated
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