Tag Archive for 'Nicotine dependence'

Kallupi et al demonstrate the efficacy of enzymatic therapy in treating nicotine addiction in advanced animal models and provide a strong foundation for the development of biological therapies for smoking cessation in humans. Image credit: Diema.

Engineered Enzyme Could Treat Nicotine Addiction

Oct 22, 2018 by News Staff

A team of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute has synthesized a new nicotine-degrading enzyme and successfully tested it in nicotine-dependent...

According to Hancock et al, the new genetic variant highlights the importance of genetically influenced regulation in brain on the risks of nicotine dependence, heavy smoking and consequent lung cancer. Image credit: Martin Buedenbender.

Study Identifies New Gene Variation Associated with Increased Risk of Nicotine Addiction

Oct 12, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

Europeans and European/African Americans with a variant of the DNA Methyltransferase 3 Beta (DNMT3B) gene have an increased risk of developing nicotine...