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New compounds could reduce alcoholics’ impulse to drink

1,226 views · Published 19 August 2015 · 14:56 · Indexed 19 October 2026

Channel: American Chemical Society · 2015 · Science & Technology

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Alcoholism inflicts a heavy physical, emotional and financial toll on individuals and society. Now new discoveries and promising animal studies are offering a glimmer of hope that a new class of drugs could treat the disease without many of the unwanted side effects caused by current therapies.

V. V. N. Phani Babu Tiruveedhula  
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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