American and Canadian scientists invent forgetfulness drug that blocks painful memories
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Last Update: 2020-07-07
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researchers at Harvard University in the United States and McGill university in Canada are experimenting with an amnesia drug that blocks or erases painful memories, which blocks biochemical pathways that awaken memoriesScientists used the drug heart thym and physiotherapy to "suppress" the subjects' memories of trauma, according to the American Life Science websiteThey treated 19 car crash and rape victims for 10 daysIn the meantime, they asked the patients to describe their memories of the painful events of 10 years agoThey gave some patients medications, others took placebosA week later, they found that patients taking the drug showed less stress when they recalled their painful experiencesProfessor Joseph Ledu of New York University conducted a similar study of miceScientists were able to erase a specific memory in the brains of mice and retain other memoriesThe researchers gave the mice a forgetful ness called UO126
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