Identify nearly 400 genes sensitive to drugs

Chinese scientists have identified 396 genes that make people more likely to be addicted to drugs, opening up the possibility of finding more effective treatment and drug addiction regimens.

Scientists believe that among the factors that make people addicted to drugs, the gene accounts for 60%, the rest is due to the social environment. In the work published in the Journal of Computational Biology, scientists focus

Drug addicts in a rehabilitation rehab in China.(Photo: ND)

Researching four types of addictive substances are: cocaine, opium, alcohol and nicotine; at the same time mapping five routes or 'molecular paths' that lead to addiction.

In the study of complex diseases, it is important to identify ' molecular path ' to gradually localize the genes and proteins involved. In a number of diseases such as cancer, the determination of a 'molecular path' helps doctors more accurately diagnose the diagnosis of appropriate treatment regimens. With drug addiction, scientists say, common ' molecular trails ' can serve as a basis for ' demanding - satisfying ' mechanisms and can lead to effective treatment measures. addiction.

Scientists have reviewed more than a thousand scientific papers on gene and chromosome related drug addiction over the past 30 years and gathered more than 1,500 genes related to addiction. Genes with a higher frequency of occurrence than other genes in the molecular pathway are narrowly clustered by scientists, totaling 396 genes.