How Gene Therapy Could Revolutionize Addiction Treatment

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Visit https://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 https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://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: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/cocaine https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994240/ https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/cocaine/what-scope-cocaine-use-in-united-states https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/cocaine/what-treatments-are-effective-cocaine-abusers https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1586/17512433.2.1.1 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms4457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24892251 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5835039/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128037508000683 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0067446 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22264200 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730835/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5741108/ https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/hum.2017.043?_ga=2.151848571.356052909.1548802664-310969245.1548802664& https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28578603 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/aaop-ngt111017.php https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152623/ Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protein_BCHE_PDB_1p0i.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Cocaine-from-xtal-1983-3D-balls.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopamine_3D_ball.png https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/dopamine-hypothesis-of-schizophrenia-gm965161994-263433504 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/cocaine-and-dopamine-gm966271752-263653528 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/human-body-anatomy-gm470870904-62759624
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