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The Vulnerability for Alcoholism Bad genes Bad environment Bad luck Lessons Learned From a Multi-Site and Multi-Disci

The Genetic Basis of Health. Genes

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The Vulnerability for Alcoholism Bad genes Bad environment Bad luck Lessons Learned From a Multi-Site and Multi-Disci

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    1. The Vulnerability for Alcoholism – Bad genes? Bad environment? Bad luck? Lessons Learned From a Multi-Site and Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Research Project Victor Hesselbrock, Ph. D. Department of Psychiatry University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, CT

    2. The Genetic Basis of Health Genes – impact health Deletion, duplication, or translocation Genes are functional or regulatory Ancestral and geographic variance in the etiology and natural history of disease Genetic variations due to ethnicity, race and gender Tremendous technological advances in the study of human genes and their roles in disease and health New approaches to drug discovery Increased understanding of biochemical mechanisms and non-genetic influences

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