UH Chemist Joydip Das: “If we can reduce tolerance, we can reduce addiction.” HOUSTON, June 5, 2018 – A protein in the brain that binds to alcohol could be the key to curing alcoholism, reports UH College of Pharmacy medicinal chemist Joydip Das in eNeuro, a journal of the Society for Neuroscience. The protein, called MUNC 13-1, plays a pivotal role in the development of tolerance to alcoholism according to Das. “Addiction to alcohol remains one […]
