# "Genetic manipulation boosts growth of brain cells"

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/genetic-manipulation-boosts-growth-of-brain-cells/54896>\
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**Created:** [March 11, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/genetic-manipulation-boosts-growth-of-brain-cells/54896 "2012-03-11T18:45:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/genetic-manipulation-boosts-growth-of-brain-cells/54896/1 "2012-03-11T18:45:07Z")

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> DALLAS ? March 8, 2012 ? UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators have identified a genetic manipulation that increases the development of neurons in the brain during aging and enhances the effect of antidepressant drugs.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2012/march/neurogenesis-parada-mar8.html](http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2012/march/neurogenesis-parada-mar8.html))

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/genetic-manipulation-boosts-growth-of-brain-cells/54896/2 "2012-03-14T11:03:20Z")

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Just realizing that ALL a depressed person needs is niacin would eliminate the need to mutate the brain and potentially kill (More than likely anyway) the patient or actually address the whole person instead of the symptoms. American science is based solely on big dollars and little else.