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They compared the genetic makeup of 132 healthy internet users with those of the same number of likely Internet addicts - defined as someone who obsessively thought about the Internet and whose sense of wellbeing was shaken if they couldn’t go online. Their findings, published in the September issue of Journal of Addiction Medicine, showed problematic users more often carried a variation of the CHRNA4 gene, which is typically linked to nicotine addiction. (via German scientists find ‘internet-addiction gene’ - The Local)

They compared the genetic makeup of 132 healthy internet users with those of the same number of likely Internet addicts - defined as someone who obsessively thought about the Internet and whose sense of wellbeing was shaken if they couldn’t go online. Their findings, published in the September issue of Journal of Addiction Medicine, showed problematic users more often carried a variation of the CHRNA4 gene, which is typically linked to nicotine addiction. (via German scientists find ‘internet-addiction gene’ - The Local)

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