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Saturday, December 20, 2008

News Release - UCSF Researchers Shed Light on Genetic Factors Behind Alcohol Dependence

By Robin Hindery

Understanding the genetic factors behind alcohol dependence — and using that information to improve treatment — has been the goal of many scientific studies. Now, a group of UCSF researchers has moved one step closer to unraveling what one called the “complicated web” of components that determine an individual’s response to alcohol and likelihood to abuse it.

In a recently published study, scientists from UCSF’s Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center took 367 white siblings with a family history of alcohol abuse and had each consume three alcoholic drinks over a 10-minute period at 10 a.m. . . . . .

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