Brazil scientists developing new 'vaccine' for cocaine addiction
If the treatment gets regulatory approval, it would be the first time cocaine addiction is treated using a vaccine, said psychiatrist Frederico Garcia, coordinator of the team that developed the treatment at the Federal University of Minas Gerais.
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View of a vial of Calixcoca, a vaccine for cocaine and crack addiction that is running for a technological innovation award at the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
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Scientists in Brazil, the world's second-biggest consumer of cocaine, have announced the development of an innovative new treatment for addiction to the drug and its powerful derivative crack: