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There is a vaccine for detoxification
Medicine - Health

There is a vaccine for detoxification

The anti-drug vaccine has been developed by a team of researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College (New York). They are the first to test a new treatment against addicti…

December 14, 2018
Vaccines help reduce heroin addiction
Medicine - Health

Vaccines help reduce heroin addiction

Researchers at the Mexican National Institute of Psychiatry say they have successfully tested the vaccine on mice and prepared to test it on humans. The heroin-dependent…

December 14, 2018
Drug addiction also carries genetic factors
Medicine - Health

Drug addiction also carries genetic factors

Previous research has shown these differences, but it is unclear how the brain is destroyed by addiction and the reason why it is easier for them to get into addiction t…

December 14, 2018
New discovery about drug addiction
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New discovery about drug addiction

Chilean scientists have just made an important discovery about the mechanism that helps rats quit smoking. They are continuing their research to find out if the mechanis…

December 14, 2018