Just inject the medicine, can you become a genius like Albert Einstein?

This intellectual enhancement drug can change lives. However, they are not for those who are lazy but want to get good marks in exams.

Can an injection lift the intelligence of a normal person to the level of a great scientist? The only thing in those sci-fi novels is in our hands. This kind of ' smart medicine' may be in the form of tablets or supplements that are getting controversial from many sides.

Stimulating the brain

According to a report of Research and Market, the intellectual enhancement industry is worth $ 1.3 billion by 2015, and by 2024 it will increase to $ 6 billion. The first people to use this drug were Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and students at the most prestigious universities in the US - Ivy League. These people believe that smart drugs and similar supplements will create an outstanding competitive advantage.

Mr. Geoff Woo is CEO of HVMN - a company that sells smart medicine products, said: "Each specific drug is designed to enhance or support certain aspects of awareness. For example, reaction time, working memory, and mental tolerance, they operate in very different ways, for example, some factors will adjust factors that help increase control. control neurons, while other factors increase the power of the essential nutrients needed for brain development ".

While Mr. Woo and others think that intellectual enhancement drugs can deliver desirable effects, the scientific community is skeptical about their effectiveness and safety.

In 2016, doctors at the American Medical Association meeting (AMA) adopted a policy that does not encourage doctors to prescribe drugs for the purpose of improving awareness. The reason they can lead to drug abuse as well as bad consequences that we do not anticipate. They also note that the information on dozens of drugs enhances the cognitive efficiency incompletely and clearly.

Although there are many comments left, but the clinical trials of smart drugs to date still safe and not enough data to make the final conclusions. However, is it really a small pill that can enhance our cognitive abilities?

Based on the growing interest in brain stimulants, it is clear that people need to use such a drug. However, researcher Ruairidh Battleday and Anna-Katherine Brem of Oxford University said that scientists are having difficulties in attracting the financial resources needed to conduct in-depth studies. So they can create breakthroughs in making smart drugs, but now they don't really solve health problems.

Create smart drugs from the study of cognitive disorders.(Photo: Internet).

Drugs for patients, contraindicated with normal people?

However, an unexpected study by a group of scientists led by Professor Todd Lencz could solve this problem. Professor Lencz is a psychiatrist and molecular pharmacist at Hofstra Northwell Medical School, New York, USA.

The international team of Lencz's 65 scientists who understand the molecular biology of the brain affects human cognitive ability. They searched for possible genetic information that led to the development of drugs that help treat cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's and schizophrenia. Their research results were published in Cell Reports.

Lencz said his team has identified ion channels that can disable or enhance brain activity. Since then, they have been able to develop intellectual enhancement drugs. He believes that this research can change lives, but they are not for intellectuals who are lucid to complete the presentation or achieve good grades in the exam.

"I must emphasize this: our goal is to improve cognitive ability in patients with neurological cognitive disorders. If our research is effective in the long term, we can "However, this approach will not have a significant impact on the daily lives of healthy people, at least in the near future ," Lencz said.

However, the research of Mr. Lencz's group can still be applied in the field of smart medicine. They are used not only to improve the patient's intellect but also to lay the foundation for pills that can maximize people's cognitive potential someday.