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Cocaine Vaccine Tackles Addiction

New treatment mutes drug's effect on the brain

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 6, 2009 2:09 AM CDT

(Newser) – A vaccine-like treatment to fight cocaine addiction has shown promising results in early clinical trials and could pave the way for new treatments to battle nicotine and methamphetamine addiction as well, researchers say. The vaccine created antibodies that prevented cocaine molecules from reaching the brain...   Read full story »

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