Experimental Vaccine Decreases Fatal Effects of Synthetic Opioids by Angela Mohan on February 5, 2021 at 11:17 AM
Experimental vaccines blunt the deadly effects of fentanyl and carfentanil, a growing source of overdoses and a chemical terrorist threat, as per the Scripps Research laboratory of chemist Kim Janda and his team, as per the study on rodents. Synthetic opioids are not only extremely deadly, but also addictive and easy to manufacture, making them a formidable public health threat, especially when the coronavirus crisis is negatively impacting mental health, says Janda, the Ely R. Callaway, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research. We ve shown it is possible to prevent these unnecessary deaths by eliciting antibodies that stop the drug from reaching the brain.