First Place 2008 NIDA Science Fair Award Winner Kapil Vishveshwar Ramachandran

Kapil Vishveshwar Ramachandran, is a freshman at Duke University. He submitted his winning project, The Novel Role of the GluCl?; Ion Channel and Diazepam Binding Genes in Alcohol Addiction, while he was a senior at Westwood High School in Austin, Texas. He was only 16 years old! The young scientist determined that when a specific protein (Diazepam binding inhibitor) is deleted in fruit flies, the flies may lose their tolerance to alcohol. Although the protein had been previously identified, these findings are a strong indication that it may play a role in addiction. drugabuse.gov Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: www.newmedia.hhs.gov
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