想喝酒又害怕宿醉的痛苦？好消息是，英國(guó)一家公司正在研發(fā)沒(méi)有副作用的人工合成酒精，未來(lái)的某一天，也許你將能毫無(wú)顧慮地享受“喝酒”的快感。

London-based GABA Labs is working on a type of synthetic alcohol called ‘Alcarelle’ which reportedly provides the relaxing effects of alcohol without hangovers, balance deficiencies or any of its other negative side effects.

總部在倫敦的GABA實(shí)驗(yàn)室正在研發(fā)一種名為Alcarelle的人工合成酒精，據(jù)稱(chēng)這種物質(zhì)可以像酒精一樣讓人感到放松而又不會(huì)產(chǎn)生宿醉、頭暈或其他酒精引起的不良副作用。

Gamma-aminobutyric acid, aka GABA, is a neurotransmitter that blocks certain signals in the brain, thus producing a calming effect. When alcohol reaches the brain, it binds to GABA receptors and produces the same effects, relaxing and calming people down. The problem with alcohol is that it also has other negative side effects, like hangover, movement difficulties, speaking and thinking problems, etc. GABA Labs is currently working on a type of synthetic alcohol called Alcarelle that is supposed to provide all the positive effects of alcohol consumption, but none of the bad ones.

GABA全稱(chēng)是伽瑪氨基丁酸，它是一種能夠攔截大腦特定信號(hào)從而產(chǎn)生鎮(zhèn)定效果的神經(jīng)傳遞素。當(dāng)酒精到達(dá)大腦時(shí)，就會(huì)和氨基丁酸受體結(jié)合并產(chǎn)生讓人放松鎮(zhèn)定的效果。問(wèn)題是酒精會(huì)帶來(lái)其他不良副作用，比如宿醉、行動(dòng)困難、言語(yǔ)和思考混亂等。GABA實(shí)驗(yàn)室目前正在研發(fā)一種名為Alcarelle的人工合成酒精，據(jù)稱(chēng)能夠提供飲酒的所有快感，同時(shí)又沒(méi)有任何不良的副作用。

"It feels like what a glass of wine feels like,” GABA Labs founder Dr. David Nutt told The Wall Street Journal. “It feels relaxing. It makes you a bit more chatty, a bit more socially engaged with people.”

GABA實(shí)驗(yàn)室的創(chuàng)始人大衛(wèi)·納特博士告訴《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》：“飲用這種人工合成酒精的感覺(jué)就和喝真正的酒一樣。它會(huì)讓你感到放松，讓你有點(diǎn)愛(ài)說(shuō)話(huà)，更喜歡和人交際?！?/p>

Apparently, Alcarelle is a tasteless substance that can be added to other drinks – alcoholic or non-alcoholic – to boost their tipsiness potential without the negative side effects. If people could get their ‘fix’ from synthetic alcohol without suffering damage to their liver, heart, brain, etc., that could potentially save millions of lives.

顯然，Alcarelle是一種添加到其他酒精或非酒精飲料中的沒(méi)有味道的物質(zhì)，能夠讓人產(chǎn)生微醺的感覺(jué)卻又不會(huì)產(chǎn)生不良副作用。如果人們能夠從這種人工合成酒精中得到滿(mǎn)足，他們的肝臟、心臟、大腦等器官都不會(huì)受到損害，那么這種人工合成酒精將可能挽救數(shù)百萬(wàn)條生命。

Dr. David Nutt revealed that he and his partners at GABA Labs hope to launch Alcarelle by 2026. The product has been in development for quite some time now, but the regulatory approval process has been very slow.

大衛(wèi)·納特博士透露，他和GABA實(shí)驗(yàn)室的伙伴們希望能在2026年前推出人工合成酒精Alcarelle。這一產(chǎn)品已經(jīng)研發(fā)了相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)的一段時(shí)間，但是監(jiān)管審批流程走得很慢。

One potential stumbling block for Alcarelle is the fact that it’s not a natural product, unlike alcohol, which has been produced and consumed for millennia. However, the founders of GAB Labs claim that just because something is natural, doesn’t automatically make it good for you. Plus, they are betting that, for many, enjoying the positive effects of alcohol without the hangover will be ‘a(chǎn) pretty powerful reason to partake of it even if it’s not natural’.

Alcarelle上市的一個(gè)潛在障礙是它不是天然產(chǎn)品，而天然的酒精飲料已經(jīng)被生產(chǎn)和飲用了上千年。不過(guò)，GABA實(shí)驗(yàn)室的創(chuàng)始人表示，天然的東西也不一定對(duì)身體有好處。而且他們很肯定會(huì)有很多人愛(ài)上這種既能享受酒精快感又不會(huì)宿醉的飲料，“光是這一條強(qiáng)有力的理由就足以讓人去飲用它，即使它不是天然的”。

英文來(lái)源：Oddity Central

翻譯&編輯：丹妮