U.S. develops "smoking vaccine" to help quit smoking

On June 29, the East Network News: US researchers said that in the near future, smokers may inject "smoking vaccines" to produce immunity against nicotine. In this way, they will not be able to feel any fun while smoking, and they will soon quit smoking. This study is still in the animal experiment stage.

"Smoking Vaccine"

The Cornell Cornell Medical College researchers at Cornell University experimented with mice. They injected mice with an injection containing a genetically modified virus that turned the liver into a "factory" that continuously produced nicotine antibodies.

Then, the researchers injected nicotine into normal mice and mice that had received the virus, and compared their nicotine levels in the brain. The researchers found that the levels of nicotine in the brains of immunized mice were 85% lower than they were without immunization, and the behavior, blood pressure, and heart rate of the former were not affected by nicotine.

Researchers said that "smoking vaccine" is expected to conduct human experiments within the shortest time in two years, and it will be listed in about five years.

Bright prospects

Professor Ronald Crister, head of the research project, said that if people can develop “smoking vaccines” for human use, people will “understand that if they smoke again and are affected by the vaccine, they will not be able to feel any pleasure.” This can help them get rid of this bad habit." By then, as long as the vaccine is injected once, it may allow people to "immunize" nicotine for life. This vaccine may also be used to prevent children from getting cravings.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) quoted Crystal's remarks on the 27th: “We are confident that this vaccine will help millions of smokers who have tried to quit smoking in various ways but have repeatedly lost battles.”

However, he also said that there are many problems that need to be solved before researchers conduct human experiments. For example, a vaccine is a virus that has been genetically altered. It must be confirmed in advance that this genetic alteration is not harmful to the human body.