Enzyme might be target for treating smoking, alcoholism at same time
Monday, September 12, 2011 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
An enzyme that appears to play a role in controlling the brain's response to nicotine and alcohol in mice might be a promising target for a drug that simultaneously would treat nicotine addiction and alcohol abuse in people, according to a study by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco.