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Scientists say they have discovered the of the brain that is for us feeling miserable, and stressed. A UK- medical research company called Heptares Therapeutics said it has located the related to depression. It is a protein found the brain called CRF1. The company said the protein, "is important in regulating the body's to stress and is implicated in stress-related diseases such as depression and anxiety". The used one of the world's most powerful x-ray machines in its research. Lead researcher Fiona Marshall said a understanding of the CRF1 protein could lead to ground-breaking to control depression.

Britain's National Health Service (NHS) warned anyone from depression or related illnesses not to get too excited about this research. It questioned a single molecule could really lead to depression, and said the actually resulted from a complex interaction of . An NHS statement expressed at the way two of Britain's biggest newspapers have built the up – "The Daily Mail" and "The Sunday Times". The reported that researchers had found the "miserable molecule," saying it was "the protein involved in all feelings of stress, anxiety and depression". The NHS said: "It's a great headline, but a sweeping claim."

 
 

 

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