By Tanner Garrity According to a new study published in Science Advances, a gene-editing tool called CRISPR-dCas9 could offer the brain a “factory reset” that would effectively erase years of neurological damage from adolescent binge drinking. Scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago discovered in earlier research that heavy drinking at a young age negatively impacts critical areas of the brain. The activity-regulated cytoskeletal gene, commonly referred to as the Arc gene, is essential for memory consolidation and emotional processing; but early alcohol consumption interferes with thi…
