Addiction Genetics: How Discovery Informs Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Intervention and Prevention

The opioid crisis has invaded every corner of the US. And with the highest rate of overdose death among major cities, Philadelphia has been hit especially hard — a statistic that COVID-19 has only exacerbated. Penn Medicine faculty discuss the inroads being made in this fight. Learn how research on the disease of addiction at Penn is setting new standards of care, driving more effective treatment protocols, and establishing the role of genetics in developing the next generation of interventions.

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