A new study has found that targeting a protein might allow treatment of alcoholism and simultaneously prevent alcohol-induced heart and liver damage. The protein called RGS6 acts through two separate mechanisms to control alcohol-seeking behaviour and alcohol-induced cell death in heart, liver, and other organs, the findings showed. Lead researcher Rory Fisher from the University of Iowa in the US said, "We propose that inhibiting this RGS6 protein ...
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