2023-02-09 Science & Technology
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Texas scientists create fentanyl vaccine
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[Dallas Morning News] To combat the nation’s fentanyl epidemic, researchers at the University of Houston have created a fentanyl vaccine that could help prevent overdoses. They aim to test the vaccine in a human trial within the next year.
The vaccine will need FDA approval before people can use it. According to Johns Hopkins University, that process can take five to 15 years, and sometimes longer. The process can be sped up during a public health emergency where no alternate treatments exist. The first COVID-19 vaccines were created, tested and given emergency use authorization by the FDA in under a year.
I wonder who would authorize another 'public health emergency'?
In the published study, Haile’s team said the vaccine successfully produced antibodies against fentanyl in rats. The vaccine also blocked one of the effects of fentanyl: pain relief. Compared to unvaccinated rats, vaccinated rats also had decreased fentanyl levels in their brains when fentanyl was administered 20 weeks after their first vaccination.
"The effect was pretty incredible," Haile said. "I’ve never seen anything like this, ever."
Fentanyl antibodies? But other drugs are not affected. Pretty incredible, for sure!
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