Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Giving FGF21 — as a drug, reduced alcohol consumption by up to 50% in alcoholic mice & vervet monkeys.
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Giving FGF21 — as a drug, reduced alcohol consumption by up to 50% in alcoholic mice & vervet monkeys.
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giving fgf21 as a drug reduced alcohol consumption by as much as 50 percent compared to those not given the fgf-21 drug
they believe that there's potential to target fgf-21 therapeutically to help treat alcohol dependency