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CoastalCoder on Jan 23, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fentanyl vaccine tested in rats

We usually think of vaccines as medicines that train the immune system to attack unwelcome molecules / microbes.

Perhaps the parent was asking if this technique actually uses the immune system?

(From skimming the article, I think the answer is yes.)

cantSpellSober on Jan 23, 2023 [–]

In the 8th sentence it says the vaccine will "generate anti-fentanyl antibodies" with the goal of preventing mental illness.

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