Researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the National Institute on Drug Abuse developed an experimental heroin vaccine for mice and rats. (cnbc.com)
Researchers from the U.S. Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) have found that an experimental heroin vaccine induced antibodies that prevented the drug from crossing the blood - brain barrier in mice and rats. (rdmag.com)
The recent death of singer Amy Winehouse, who had well - documented problems with drugs and alcohol, and the publication last week of research on a heroin vaccine and an anti-cocaine drug, have again raised the question. (newscientist.com)