Gene Therapy May Replace Depression Medication
Researchers at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Centre have identified a gene that plays a key role in major depression. The researchers studied the activity of the P11 gene in a small part of the brain that is the center for reward and pleasure. This part of the brain is significant in depression because depression sufferers lose the inability to enjoy and gain satisfaction from normally pleasurable activities in life (called anhedonia).
The researchers
