# Treating addiction: Cryo-EM technology enables the 'impossible'

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**Created:** [April 24, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/treating-addiction-cryo-em-technology-enables-the-impossible/2324 "2019-04-24T23:23:23Z")\
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> **[Treating addiction: Cryo-EM technology enables the 'impossible': New avenues...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190424153542.htm)**
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> Scientists used a compound found in a shrub native to Africa to reveal the three major shapes of the serotonin transporter, a protein in the brain linked to anxiety and depression. The discovery opens new avenues for developing medications to treat...

  
Scientists used a compound found in a shrub native to Africa to reveal the three major shapes of the serotonin transporter, a protein in the brain linked to anxiety and depression. The discovery opens new avenues for developing medications to treat addiction.