Health Professional Radio - Podcast

Dr. Thomas Kim, President and CEO of EpiVario, a preclinical pharmaceutical company, discusses the study published in "Nature" (Oct 2019) titled "Alcohol metabolism contributes to brain histone acetylation". This new research is the first empirical evidence indicating a direct link between alcohol consumption and the memory formation process. Mice tested during the study showed a preference for alcohol when exposed to environmental cues to consume alcohol; and when this metabolic route was blocked, via the ACSS2 enzyme, this preference was eliminated. These new findings could pave the way for novel therapeutic interventions for alcohol use, fetal alcohol syndrome, and other neuropsychiatric disorders.