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A Vaccine for Cocaine Addiction with Dr. Stephen Kaminsky

Listen + subscribe - July 22, 2025

During the 2025 Annual Meeting, Dr. Kaminsky presented results from a phase 1 clinical trial describing a vaccine for cocaine addiction.

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On this episode of Soundbites of the Annual Meeting, we talked to Stephen Kaminsky, PhD, professor of research in genetic medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, and lead author of a phase 1 clinical trial studying a new vaccine for cocaine addiction.

In his conversation with ASGCT's Communications Committee Chair, Lynnea Olivarez, Dr. Kaminsky discusses:

  • How the vaccine works and how its approach is different from other treatments

  • Safety results from the unblinded data

  • Implications this vaccine could have for other substance use disorders

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