A drug helpful in treating high blood pressure is now effective in ceasing cocaine and alcohol addiction in animal models. This new research give hopes to millions of addicts around the world. Anti-hypertensive drugs block a particular type of ion channel, which is expressed not only in heart and blood vessels but also in certain brain cells. The researchers found that blocking these ion channels in brain cells, using a drug called isradipine, appears to reverse the rewiring that underlies memories of addiction-associated places. The research is published in the Molecular Psychiatry.
Scientist have found that a drug used to treat skin cancer may slow the onset of age-related deaths by slowing the aging process in fruit flies. The study was printed in the journal Cell.

