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Team advances therapy preventing addiction relapse by erasing drug-associated memories
August 4, 2015 by NewsBot
Scientists have made a discovery that brings them closer to a new therapy based on selectively erasing dangerous and tenacious drug-associated memories. A new study demonstrates the effectiveness of a single injection of an early drug candidate called blebbistatin in preventing relapse in animal models of methamphetamine addiction.