History
In the 1970s, Finland's National Public Health Institute developed a breed of Wistar rats called the AA line which exhibited many behaviours related to human alcoholism. The research facility determined that this tendency was caused by an increased reactivity of their endorphin system to the consumption of alcohol. Both human and rat biology reacts to the presence of alcohol by releasing endorphins, and these rats produced more endorphins in that event than a typical rat.
A United States patent for the "Method for Treating Alcohol Drinking Responses" was issued on November 21, 1989. David Sinclair was listed as the inventor, and the patent was assigned to Alko Limited (Helsinki, FI). The patent expired on June 13, 2008, and Sinclair has stated that the existence of the patent "may have delayed the process" of spreading awareness of the Sinclair Method.
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