Scientists Develop a Vaccine That Could Help Turn the Tide on America’s Opioid Epidemic

Powder Drugs Pressed Pills Oxy Meth Fentanyl Synthetic OpioidsResearchers developed nanoparticles that could help block the addictive high produced by opioids. A vaccine that stops an opioid from reaching the brain could one day blunt the high that helps drive repeated use. Virginia Tech researchers are developing that approach for drugs such as oxycodone and fentanyl, and new experiments in mice suggest they […]

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