Home > Researchers identify rare gene variants associated with smoking and alcohol use.

[NIDA Notes] , Palmer, Chris Researchers identify rare gene variants associated with smoking and alcohol use. (29 May 2020)

External website: https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/2...


In this study from the journal Biological Psychiatry:

  • International research teams analyzed several hundred thousand samples from 17 whole-exome sequencing studies to identify rare gene variants associated with smoking and alcohol use.
  • They identified rare variants in 117 DNA regions as being associated with specific aspects of nicotine and alcohol use, including some in genes already known to influence these traits.

Repository Staff Only: item control page