All the painful memories in our minds due to the presence in the brain center of all the animals of special “receptor protein”. American scientists from Johns Hopkins University have found a way to selectively destroy some of these drugs. Removal of this protein on the physical level, erases certain memories. Scientists hope that their discovery in the future could lead to the fact that people can with a special pill to forget about the terrible moments in my life: rape, evidence of crimes, deaths of loved ones.

It is assumed that particularly popular these funds will be among the military and the victims of violence. Tablets will help get rid of depression and those who recently broke up with someone you love. British tabloid The Daily Mail notes that the idea of ​​scientists like the plot of the film “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” filmed in 2004. And one of the authors of the new study, Professor Richard Huganir says his tablet to help drug addicts and alcoholics to get rid of their addiction.

But not all will be welcome in America, the emergence of a miracle pill. For example, Kate Ferinholt of mental health support group in Maryland, hoping that this pill does not appear at hospitals or pharmacies: “Unable to destroy the memories, not destroying a piece of human life. If a mass scale to deliver the people from the memory of the bad events that compromise the integrity of the individual. In the end, whether it is a good solution, if one considers that people learn from their mistakes? “. At the same time, she added: “In general, despite all the fears, we must congratulate the scientists. This idea great potential. “

Paul Root Wolpe, the Center for Ethics at Emory University adds: “The idea of ​​handling these things is very dangerous: even if it is done out of good intentions. It is unknown what will these experiments “. “Human beings are built exactly on the experience. If you interfere in these processes, we can get a lot of paranoids who have a brain to be “a few” personalities “- the expert added.

Some experts also fear that if the new drug gets into the hands of criminals, those using them will be able to delete and positive memories, but because control over the mind of man can harm the latter. Dr. Daniel Sokol, professor of medical ethics at the University of St. George in London, said: “Removing bad memories – it is something more than the destruction of warts or pimples. This could completely change the personality. This is a serious tool for manipulating people. ” “Perhaps, someone, this measure is really necessary, but we must approach these drugs very carefully. Always need to think about possible consequences of such a step. In the end, this “cure” threatens freedom of the individual, society and even all mankind.

Specialists from different countries are now debating: whether to give a new study course as it ethically.

Richard Huganir sure that the harm from the stress experienced in the past, much more than good. “When in our lives is a situation that leads to serious mental trauma, it makes think about yourself again and again. And these fears can haunt a person for life, have a detrimental effect on his fate, “- he says. His research and opinions about the ethics of its development is published in the October issue of Science Express.

Scientists conducted their experiments so far only in mice. But the claim: the process of erasing the necessary information in human memory, from a technical point of view is exactly the same. So, the answer to the question will be whether the new drug is in service with physicians, consists only of the ethical side.