Vaccines for Alcoholism and Cocaine Addiction Coming Soon

Vaccines for alcoholism and cocaine addiction coming soon
In a latest development, researchers from Chile have come up with a vaccine to cure alcoholics. It will help them kick the habit by creating a sensation of a terrible hangover after just a few drinks. The mechanism by which this vaccine acts is by neutralizing a group of enzymes that help the body to break down alcohol. When the enzymes aldehyde dehydrogenase is disabled the body accumulates the …
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Rodent of the Week: Immunity to cocaine induced in mice
Cocaine addiction is difficult to treat. Doctors have no specific therapies for the addiction. However, an experiment in mice has produced promising results on a vaccine approach.
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Vaccine against alcoholism that works by making you feel sick after one drink
Scientists have come up with a novel way to help alcoholics quit – by creating a vaccine that gives the sensation of a terrible hangover after just a few drinks.
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