Human memory erasure drugs have been put into research and development
Richard L. Huganir said, "the fear memory that people produced in a tragic event may be accompanied by a lifetime and has a bad effect on the life of the future." Their discovery of the mechanism of the brain protein synthesis process "may be able to enhance the effect of psychotherapy in patients with PTSD through the process of drug control."
in the previous study of such psychological diseases, people found that a specific behavioral treatment could let people forget the pain, and in fact, erase the memory to a certain extent. And Richard L. Huganir and his postdoctoral colleague Roger L.Clem discovered a "fragile period" by studying this process, during which the brain produces a receptor protein. This protein affects the brain waves and generates painful memories. Because the protein is not stable, it can be removed by behavioral therapy or specific drugs, so that patients can completely eliminate painful memories.
of course, the emergence of this drug may cause a lot of problems. Who will conclude that these painful memories should be deleted, rather than helping people form a determined personality? Can people who have multiple memories of pain, such as veterans who often face death, delete all death memories once and for all, will there be side effects? How can drug control be abused if it is listed? At the same time of scientific research and development, these problems need to be answered one by one.