How Gene Therapy Could Revolutionize Addiction Treatment

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Visit www.asgct.org/education for more free resources on gene and cell therapy, including progress on a number of promising treatments already in development. Cocaine addiction is difficult to treat, but with the help of gene therapy, scientists are hoping to change that. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bill & Katie Scholl, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/cocaine www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994240/ www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/cocaine/what-scope-cocaine-use-in-united-states www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/cocaine/what-treatments-are-effective-cocaine-abusers www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1586/17512433.2.1.1 www.nature.com/articles/ncomms4457 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24892251 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5835039/ www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128037508000683 journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0067446 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22264200 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730835/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5741108/ www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/hum.2017.043?_ga=2.151848571.356052909.1548802664-310969245.1548802664& www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28578603 www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/aaop-ngt111017.php www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152623/ Image Sources: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protein_BCHE_PDB_1p0i.png upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Cocaine-from-xtal-1983-3D-balls.png commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopamine_3D_ball.png www.istockphoto.com/vector/dopamine-hypothesis-of-schizophrenia-gm965161994-263433504 www.istockphoto.com/vector/cocaine-and-dopamine-gm966271752-263653528 www.istockphoto.com/vector/human-body-anatomy-gm470870904-62759624

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