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danielv123 t1_j0la1fj wrote

Reply to comment by Aspel in Scientists Create a Vaccine Against Fentanyl by agaperion

Apparently you can. This makes the immune system neutralize the fentanyl, which is the definition of a vaccine.

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Aspel t1_j0n98bx wrote

vac·cine

>/vakˈsēn,ˈvakˌsēn/

>noun

>1. a substance used to stimulate immunity to a particular infectious disease or pathogen, typically prepared from an inactivated or weakened form of the causative agent or from its constituents or products.

Fentanyl is not a disease or pathogen, and I don't this is made with inactive fentanyl.

Are you thinking perhaps of an antidote?

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