Are you mostly a product of the genes you inherit or your experiences in life? This question intrigues many people, including addiction researchers. In this post, I provide an overview of key research ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

Millions of people in the United States suffer from drug addictions. 1 “There's a lot of stigma related to addiction,” said Francesca Telese, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San ...

Addiction is a state of severe physical and psychological dependence on certain substances. People living with addiction may have brain differences and often require treatment, but stigma can prevent ...

Some researchers, such as at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, seek to identify genes common to addictive disorders based on information from the DNA code of more than a ...