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Vaccine for alcoholics works by making you feel sick after one drink
Alcoholics can build up a strong tolerance to the effects of drink over time thanks to an enzyme in the liver. The new vaccine would disrupt this function.
Scientists have come up with a novel way to help alcoholics quit - by creating a vaccine that gives the sensation of a terrible hangover after just a few drinks.
Researchers from Chile said the it works by neutralising a group of enzymes that help the body to break down alcohol.
This group known as aldehyde dehydrogenase, helps the body to build up a tolerance to heavy nights out.
About 20 percent of the Asian population lacks this enzyme and thus experience 'such a strong reaction that it discourages consumption,' said lead researcher Juan Asenio, of Chile's Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics.
The vaccine would similarly increase nausea, an accelerated heart beat, sweating and a general feeling of 'unease'.
'With the vaccine, the desire to consume alcohol will be greatly reduced thanks to these reactions,' Mr Asenjo told Radio Cooperativa.
He added that the vaccine would specifically target liver cells and avoid having a knock-on effect on other cells.
Researchers have already successfully tested the vaccine on rats who were dependent on alcohol and got them to halve their consumption.
They will conduct further animal tests this year before launching human trials in 2012.
Mr Asenjo said they hoped the vaccine would reduce alcohol consumption by 90 to 95 per cent.
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I don't think India should worry about China. India should concentrate on its own matters. If we are self sufficient and strong others will worry about us. Let China worry. |
India has all the potential to become Super power but our hopeless and useless leaders bringing us down to duck. |
His only qualification is that he belongs to nehru family. He is a totally unfit candidate and there is no point in talking about this. |