A Deep Dive Into the Genetics of Alcohol Consumption

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences

Collaborators from the University of California, San Diego discuss their examination of a 3-million-individual 23andMe database. The group includes (clockwise from left) Abraham A. Palmer, Laura Vilar-Ribo, Renata B. Cupertino, Sandra Sanchez-Roige, Natasia Courchesne-Krak and Mariela V Jennings.

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DNA holds the key to many health conditions and behaviors. A group of researchers at University of California School of Medicine has probed a large database of 23andMe clients and found new associations between various health conditions and genetic variants that protect people from alcohol abuse.

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