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IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY
卷 87, 期 4, 页码 309-314出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2009.17
关键词
anti drug; drugs; vaccine; substance abuse
资金
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Merit Review Program
Substance abuse is a growing world-wide problem. The big four drugs of abuse that might lend themselves to immunotherapy are nicotine, cocaine, morphine/heroin and methamphetamine. Tobacco abuse has a well-known enormous impact on major chronic cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, while the last three, aside from their neuropsychological effects, are illegal, leading to crime and incarceration as well as the transmission of viral diseases. Having an efficient vaccine that would generate antibodies to sequester the drug and prevent its access to the brain could go a long way toward helping a motivated addict quit the addiction. This review will discuss what has been done to bring such vaccines to human use, and what the challenges are for the future of this promising intervention. Immunology and Cell Biology ( 2009) 87, 309-314; doi:10.1038/icb.2009.17; published online 31 March 2009
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