by Michael Cole, The Conversation Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels Drug overdose deaths in the US have finally begun to abate. Between June 2023 and June 2024, they fell by 14%. However, deaths from a drug used to sedate large animals, called carfentanil, rose by at least 720% between the first half of 2023 and the first half...
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Urgent CDC warning as new drug carfentanil 100 times more deadly than fentanyl kills hundreds in 37 states
By MAIYA FOCHT HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 13:00 EST, 5 December 2024 | Updated: 13:31 EST, 5 December 2024 Health officials are warning about a drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl that has caused deaths in 37 states in recent years. The drug, called carfentanil, is a derivative of fentanyl that was designed to tranquilize elephants, and is the...
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Human antibody that targets carfentanil, fentanyl and related opioids reverses overdose effects in preclinical study
SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE IMAGE: A CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE OPTIMIZED ANTIBODY, C10-S66K. THE BINDING POCKET OF C10‐S66K WITH FENTANYL AND CARFENTANIL IS DISPLAYED AS A GREY SURFACE WITH FENTANYL AND CARFENTANIL SHOWN AS GREEN AND YELLOW STICKS, RESPECTIVELY. CREDIT: SCRIPPS RESEARCH LA JOLLA, CA—An antibody in single-chain fragment variable (scFv) format that binds to the powerful opioid carfentanil...