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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Scientists believe they’ve developed vaccine to stop deadly effect of fentanyl

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Scientists have reportedly developed a vaccine that could potentially block the ability of synthetic opioid fentanyl from entering the brain and eliminate its deadly effects.

The findings by the researchers at the University of Houston which were published in the journal Pharmaceutics have been called a "game changer" at a time when America is reeling under one of its worst opioid crises.

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