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Opioids specifically are very scary just because of their mechanism of action,” says Marecki. “A lot of times people are accidentally addicted to them. They get prescribed something as a pain medication, and it’s the gateway into harder opioids.” Researchers in UW’s Pravetoni Research Group are harnessing the power of the immune system to prevent overdoses before they happen and loosen the grip of addiction. And now, the lab plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the go-ahead to move their fentanyl vaccine into human trials, a major step in the vaccine testing and approval process.MORE submitted by /u/Same_Spring4926 |
