Erase painful memories: Scientific breakthrough could let us delete trauma from our minds

All of us have wanted to erase a painful memory at some point. Now scientists claim they are on the verge of a breakthrough after finding a way to potentially delete trauma from our minds. They have discovered a link between a protein called PKM and our recollection of disturbing events. Their study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, could have profound implications for war veterans, the victims of violent crimes and those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Lead researcher David Glanzman, from the University of California, Los Angeles, said: 'I think we will be able to alter memories someday to reduce the trauma from our brains. Not in the immediate future, but I think we will be able to go into one's brain, identify the location of the memory of a traumatic experience and try to dampen it down.......read more>>>...