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Researchers block cocaine craving and addiction with a special skin graft

  • Written by Qingyao Kong, Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, University of Chicago
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Addiction to any drug – be it alcohol, tobacco, opioids or illicit drugs, like cocaine – is a chronic disease that causes a compulsive drug-seeking behavior individuals find difficult or impossible to control even when they are aware of the harmful, often deadly consequences.

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