BRASILIA.- Cient\u00edficos brasile\u00f1os del grupo \u201cCalixcoca\u201d trabajan en la elaboraci\u00f3n de una vacuna que inhiba los efectos de la coca\u00edna y el crack, y ayude a los consumidores a abandonar el c\u00edrculo vicioso de la droga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El proyecto del equipo de cient\u00edficos gan\u00f3 la semana pasada 500 mil euros del premio Euro Innovaci\u00f3n en Salud Latinoam\u00e9rica, financiado por la farmac\u00e9utica Eurofarma para fomentar soluciones innovadoras y de \u201calto impacto\u201d en el \u00e1rea de salud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEs una vacuna terap\u00e9utica. Su funci\u00f3n es ayudar al dependiente qu\u00edmico a producir anticuerpos que se acoplan a la droga e impiden que entre en el cerebro\u201d, explica el psiquiatra Frederico Garc\u00eda, coordinador del proyecto de la Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En la pr\u00e1ctica, la vacuna busca bloquear la sensaci\u00f3n gratificante que causa la coca\u00edna cuando activa la regi\u00f3n del cerebro conocida como \u201c\u00e1rea de recompensa\u201d. Al romper ese ciclo que lleva a la compulsi\u00f3n por la droga, la vacuna \u201caumenta las chances\u201d de que los adictos que quieren mantenerse en abstinencia logren hacerlo, explica Garc\u00eda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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