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>Immunise the population to induce anaphylaxis Not every molecule has the potential to induce an immune response. Otherwise lots of cures would exists. Opioids
by hycaria 9y ago
>Immunise the population to induce anaphylaxis
Not every molecule has the potential to induce an immune response. Otherwise lots of cures would exists. Opioids being not especially big molecules, this sounds like pure dream to me.
- danieltillett 9y agoYou can make an immune response to anything by attaching it to a larger molecule that is immunogenic. There are already vaccine to morphine induced by immunisation [1]. Of course all the vaccines developed to date have been aimed at blocking the morphine reaching the brain (an approach that won’t work), but there is nothing to stop someone developing a vaccine that induces anaphylaxis instead (other than ethics). 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773503/