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Research is underway to develop a twice-per-year vaccine that may help people overcome opioid addiction. The vaccine, which is being funded in part by a $25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative (HEAL), targets fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid estimated to be 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. This could be a game changer for addiction, Therese Kosten, professor of psychology at the University of Houston, said, according to a news release posted on EurekAlert.org. By blocking the drugs from the brain, the vaccine would reduce the respiratory depression brought on by opioids when they reach the brain.
Scientists receive NIH grant to develop an adjuvant vaccine for opioid use disorder
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Opioid vaccine in the works
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