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Chemical biologists have developed vaccines to block the effects of xylazine, a sedative for use in animals that is now being illicitly added to opioids, like fentanyl and heroin, in the US.
The concept has long tantalized scientists: harnessing antibodies to block the dangerous effects of heroin, cocaine and nicotine.
Clinical trials are ongoing into a monoclonal antibody treatment for methamphetamine, the stimulant increasingly being used with fentanyl.
A new therapeutic designed by Scripps Research chemists can alter the molecular structure of the potent opioid carfentanil, inactivating the opioid and reversing a carfentanil overdose.