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Here is the brand new Wikipedia entry on this vaccine! Created only a few days ago. "Calixcoca is an experimental vaccine for cocaine and crack cocaine in development since 2015 by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Brazil."
"... Dubbed "Calixcoca," the test vaccine, which has shown promising results in trials on animals, triggers an immune response that blocks cocaine and crack from reaching the brain, which researchers hope will help users break the cycle of addiction. ...
The vaccine works by triggering patients' immune systems to produce antibodies that bind to cocaine molecules in the bloodstream, making them too large to pass into the brain's mesolimbic system, or "reward center," where the drug normally stimulates high levels of pleasure-inducing dopamine. ..."
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