Episode 488: Fentanyl Vaccine Breakthrough

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

News, Politics

4.7 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and drug poisonings in the 12-month period ending in January 2022. A staggering 67% of those deaths involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Newt’s guest is Dr. Colin Haile. He is a research associate professor in psychology at the University of Houston’s Drug Discovery Institute and author of the new study published in the Journal “Pharmaceutics” titled “An Immunoconjugate Vaccine Alters Distribution and Reduces the Antinociceptive, Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Fentanyl in Male and Female Rats.” In other words, he has developed a fentanyl vaccine which could be a game changer for the opioid epidemic.

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0:35.5	On this episode of Newt's World, according to the Centers for Disease Control,
0:39.3	107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and drug poiselings in the 12-month period
0:49.4	ending in January 2022, a staggering 67% of those drug deaths involve synthetic opioids like
0:59.2	fentanyl. Some of these deaths were treated to fentanyl mixed with other drugs, like cocaine,
1:04.8	methamphetamine and heroin, with many users unaware that they were actually taking fentanyl.
1:11.2	According to the DEA quote, only two milligrams of fentanyl is considered a potentially lethal
1:17.7	dose. As we watch the death toll rise from fentanyl overdoses and understand the personal loss
1:24.6	and impact it has on many families, there are researchers on the cutting edge of science
1:30.4	working to find a solution. And I'm really pleased to welcome a guest, Dr. Colin Hale.
1:37.1	He is a research associate professor in psychology at the University of Houston's Drug Discovery
1:42.8	Institute, an author of the news study published in the journal Pharmaceuticals entitled, quote,
1:49.2	an immunoconjugate vaccine, alters distribution and reduces the anti-nose-susceptive
1:56.5	behavioral and physiological effects of fentanyl and male and female rats. He's developed a
2:02.4	potential fentanyl vaccine, which could be a game changer for the opioid epidemic.
2:17.4	Colin, welcome and thank you for joining me in the news world.
2:20.5	It's a pleasure, Mr. Speaker.
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