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Experimental vaccine could help turn the tide on America’s opioid epidemic

by Briana Bittner, Virginia Tech edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Journal of Controlled Release (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2025.114294 Virginia Tech researchers are advancing a new generation of vaccines designed to block opioids from reaching the brain and triggering their addictive effects, work that could help prevent overdose deaths that […]

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How primary care clinics can help curb the opioid epidemic

by Marilyn Perkins, Thomas Jefferson University edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. is in the midst of an opioid epidemic; overdose deaths from synthetic opioids such as fentanyl have increased more than 100-fold since 1999. Medications like buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone can all help treat opioid use disorder (OUD), curbing

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