Scientists for the the journal, ‘Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, vol 34′, have discovered that 10% of people of African descent have a variant of a particular gene (ADH1B*3) that makes them sleepy faster than usual while drinking alcohol. The discovery may lead to further research in the field of addiction prevention. It also gives scientific backing to the long standing urban ‘myth’ that some cultures are genetically more vunerable to the effects of alcohol than others.
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