Scientists find way to block opioid addiction without affecting pain relief

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Unlike the heroin-specific vaccine we covered last year, an international team of scientists from the University of Adelaide in Australia and the University of Colorado Boulder has now found a way to block addiction to various opioid drugs, including heroin and morphine. Importantly, the new approach doesn’t negatively affect the pain-relieving properties of these drugs... Continue Reading Scientists find way to block opioid addiction without affecting pain relief

Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags: Addiction, Drugs, Heroin, The Immune System, University of Adelaide, University of Colorado

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