Putting out Nicotine Addiction (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Putting out Nicotine Addiction

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Virginia Tech Professor Mike Zhang is working on a vaccine that could help smokers conquer their nicotine addiction, making many smoking-related diseases and deaths relics of the 21st century. He was recently awarded $2.4 million by the National Institutes of Health to develop the vaccine and test it on mice.

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