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Published online 22 June 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040621-2

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Virus robs addicts of their high

Transgenic carrier inactivates cocaine in rat brains.

A cure for cocaine addiction is one step closer. A method has been developed of mopping up the drug in the brain so that it produces less euphoria.

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