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Study: Meth vaccine shows encouraging results in early stages

Methamphetamine. Image courtesy of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Results from an early stage study have shown that rats vaccinated with an experimental methamphetamine vaccine did not display the usual effects of exposure to the drug.

Two years ago, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) developed six possible vaccines for methamphetamine, a drug [...]

November 2nd, 2012 | Category: Toxicology | Tags: , , , | Comments are closed

Study: Methamphetamine causes fruit flies to greatly reduce food intake

By André Karwath aka Aka (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

Anorexia is the primary cause of death in fruit flies exposed to methamphetamine, according to new research.

Much like the tiny insects, humans who use methamphetamine also hugely decrease their food intake and ratchet up physical activity. The study used fruit flies (Drosophila [...]

August 2nd, 2012 | Category: Toxicology | Tags: , , , , , , , | Comments are closed