A New Vaccine For Drinking Could Keep Alcoholics Sober

Re:A New Vaccine For Drinking Could Keep Alcoholics Sober by cron on Friday February 15, 2013 @05:07PM (#5228962)

Could someone explain to me how this is a vaccine? In school we were taught inoculations boost immunity and a vaccine is a form of inoculation which works by introducing enough of a bacteria or virus to make a person build antibodies.

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Re:A New Vaccine For Drinking Could Keep Alcoholics Sober by DanBC on Friday February 15, 2013 @05:13PM (#5228998)

> Could someone explain to me how this is a vaccine?

It's a metaphor; an analogy. It might not be a very good one.

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Re:A New Vaccine For Drinking Could Keep Alcoholics Sober by cron on Friday February 15, 2013 @05:49PM (#5229162)

So a bit of internet sleuthing later...

The creator, Dr. Juan Asenjo, is speaking at the World Vaccine Congress and Expo [1]. He also refers to the drug as a vaccine [2].

[1] http://www.terrapinn.com/2013/world-vaccine-congress-washing...

[2] http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/430928/20130203/alcoholism... (unfortunately the original source of this quote seems to be behind a paywall [3])

[3] http://www.santiagotimes.cl/chile/science-technology/25637-w...

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