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AN ANALYSIS OF A MULTIVALENT HEROIN AND PRESCRIPTION OPIOID VACCINE
Author Info
Louderback, Hunter
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0588-8769
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1458909859
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2016, Master of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Biology.
Abstract
Mu Therapeutics is a new company that is focusing on the development of a novel, opioid addiction vaccine. The vaccine creates an antagonistic action against relapse and prevents patients from feeling any physiological effects from the targeted opioids of abuse. The vaccine takes a multivalent approach in targeting both heroin and structurally related prescription opioids. The life-saving vaccine represents a critical tool for clinicians combating the growing heroin and prescription opioid epidemic sweeping the globe. The vaccine is currently in preclinical development, but Mu Therapeutics is planning to rapidly finish the necessary preclinical studies to translate the vaccine into human patient populations in clinical trials. Mu Therapeutics represents an enticing opportunity for investors and potential acquiring companies to help change the flawed paradigm of addiction treatment. The heroin and prescription opioid epidemic has left millions of families suffering from the loss of loved ones and the anguish from watching a loved one battle the grasp of opioid addiction.
Committee
Christopher Cullis (Advisor)
Emmitt Jolly (Committee Member)
Brian Cummings (Committee Member)
Roy Ritzmann (Committee Chair)
Pages
106 p.
Subject Headings
Biology
;
Entrepreneurship
Keywords
heroin
;
opioids
;
prescription opioids
;
vaccine
;
antibody
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Louderback, H. (2016).
AN ANALYSIS OF A MULTIVALENT HEROIN AND PRESCRIPTION OPIOID VACCINE
[Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1458909859
APA Style (7th edition)
Louderback, Hunter.
AN ANALYSIS OF A MULTIVALENT HEROIN AND PRESCRIPTION OPIOID VACCINE.
2016. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1458909859.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Louderback, Hunter. "AN ANALYSIS OF A MULTIVALENT HEROIN AND PRESCRIPTION OPIOID VACCINE." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1458909859
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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