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Genes Before Beer ... Not in the Clear?

Mar 29, 2007

In a feature article in the April issue of Scientific American, psychiatric geneticists examine the progress made in studying the genetic factors behind alcoholism. Two researchers with the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism provide a detailed roundup of all the genes that have so far been linked to alcoholism, and examine what role genetic testing might play in the near future in prescribing more targeted treatments.

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