Opioid Abuse May Be Curbed by New Vaccine

A new vaccine technology takes a slightly roundabout path to blocking the psychoactive effects of opioids, but it could have straightforward benefits, helping prevent opioid overdoses, which kill 91 Americans every day. The technology induces antibodies to bind to opioids such as heroin to prevent them from crossing the blood–brain barrier.This technology, which was developed by researchers with the U.S. Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), c