Vaccine against cocaine makes headway

Injections gin up antibodies that limit drug's effects, study in mice shows

January 20, 2011 at 5:42 pm - More than 2 years ago

Antibodies generated by a new vaccine can capture molecules of cocaine in the precious few seconds that lapse before the drug reaches the brain, a study in mice shows. Although the antibody brigade doesn’t snag all the cocaine, it seems to collar enough to greatly subdue the agitation that mice exhibit when given the drug.