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Recent News

Podcast: Mouse Models of Addiction
Podcast: The Neurogenetics of Addiction (soundcloud) Part 1 | Part 2
New NIH-funded study to identify risks for vulnerability to drug addiction (medicalxpress.com)
New study aims to find how genes that influence brain function cause risk for drug addiction (news-medical.net)
NIH funds research on genetics of drug addiction (beckershospitalreview.com)
Collins announces $11.7 million grant to study root causes of drug addiction (riponadvance.com)
NIDA grant to fund new JAX Center for Systems Neurogenetics of Addiction (eurekaalert.org)
Jackson Lab will study whether genetic traits play role in addiction (Portland Press-Herald)
It's Genetic: The Risk of Becoming an Addict (NPR)
A Lego box to study drug addiction (Science News for Students)
Scientists are Trying to Prove that Addiction is a Genetic Disease (Tonic (Vice))

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