Futuristic Thinking about Engineering "Geneospirituality" to Help Prevent Relapse of Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) Behaviors

Kenneth Blum; Thomas McLaughlin; Abdalla Bowirrat; Debasis Bagchi; Eric R Braverman; Ashim Gupta; David Baron; Panayotis K Thanos; Jag Khalsa; Nicole Jafari; Foojan Zeine; John Giordano; Catherine A Dennen; Margaret A Madigan; Paul Carney; Mark S Gold; Keerthy Sunder; Rajendra D Badgaiyan

Futuristic Thinking about Engineering "Geneospirituality" to Help Prevent Relapse of Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) Behaviors

EC Psychol Psychiatr. 2023 Feb 16;12(3):26-32.

Authors

Kenneth Blum^{1

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6}, Thomas McLaughlin², Abdalla Bowirrat³, Debasis Bagchi^{7

8}, Eric R Braverman², Ashim Gupta⁹, David Baron¹, Panayotis K Thanos^{10

11}, Jag Khalsa^{12

13}, Nicole Jafari^{14

15}, Foojan Zeine¹⁶, John Giordano¹⁷, Catherine A Dennen¹⁸, Margaret A Madigan², Paul Carney¹⁹, Mark S Gold²⁰, Keerthy Sunder^{21

22}, Rajendra D Badgaiyan²³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Addiction Research and Education, Center for Sports, Exercise and Global Mental Health, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, USA.
² Division of Nutrigenomics, The Kenneth Blum Neurogenetic and Behavioral Institute, LLC., Austin, TX, USA.
³ Department of Molecular Biology, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
⁴ Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Wright University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA.
⁷ Division of Systems Biology, Victory Nutrition International (VNI), Bonita Springs, FL, USA.
⁸ Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, USA.
⁹ Future Biologics, Lawrenceville, GA, USA.
¹⁰ Behavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions, Clinical Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biosciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
¹¹ Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
¹² Division of Therapeutics and Medical Consequences, Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse and Infections Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Special Volunteer, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
¹³ Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Ross Hall Room 502A, 2300 I Street, Washington, NWDC, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Human Development, California State University at long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA.
¹⁵ Division of Personalized Medicine, Cross-Cultural Research and Educational Institute, San Clemente, CA, USA.
¹⁶ Awareness Integration Institute, San Clemente, CA, USA.
¹⁷ Ketamine Infusion Clinic of South Florida, Pompano Beach, Fl, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Family Medicine, Jefferson Health Northeast, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁹ Division Pediatric Neurology, University of Missouri, School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA.
²⁰ Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
²¹ Karma Doctors and Karma TMS, Palm Springs, CA, USA.
²² Department of Medicine, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA, USA.
²³ Department of Psychiatry, Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

PMID: 37361347
PMCID: PMC10288602

Abstract

It is with a saddened heart that we are dedicating this article to the loving memory of our dear departed friend and associate B. William Downs. Bill was well known in the nutritional space worldwide for his major contributions to the health and welfare of millions around the globe. The founder of Victory Nutrition International (VNI) in conjunction with Kim Downs, as well as so many contributions to scientific literature, to those that knew him personally will forever be touched. Bill was a highly spirited human with a never ending love for caring and helping so many individuals. To know Bill is to walk in the face of a music lover playing drums, trained as a martial artist, and riding through the winds of a Beamer driven by an iconic man driven to victory. Our hearts may be saddened but Bills spirit to those that know him will be forever. In this article we discuss and review some potential futuristic concepts and technological advancements in terms of geneospirituality engineering to help prevent relapse and or even protect against an unwanted predisposition to RDS behaviors. Futuristic development may contribute to an attenuation of both DNA antecedents as well as epigenetic reward system insults leading to unwanted substance and non-substance addictive behaviors.

Keywords: Futuristic Thinking; Geneospirituality; Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS).

Grants and funding

I01 CX000479/CX/CSRD VA/United States