Now, a vaccine to ensure a horrible hangover!
January 27, 2013 13:53
In a bid to tackle the growing problem of alcoholism, a new vaccine that gives alcoholics an immediate and heavy hangover will soon be tested in India after pre-clinical trials in Chile, researchers say.
The pre-clinical trial preludes the phase one clinical trial in India, when doctors will inject people with the vaccine for the first time.
If all goes well, the vaccination could be available as soon as two years from now, Santiago Times quoted Dr Juan Asenjo, director of the Institute for Cell Dynamics and Biotechnology at Universidad de Chile, as saying.
The vaccine, which would be effective for between six months and a year, works by sending a biochemical message to the liver, telling it not to express genes that metabolise alcohol.
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