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Nicotine-Chomping Bacteria Could Help Smokers Quit

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Using Nicotine-Chomping Enzyme to Break Down Nicotine

This chapter explores the shortcomings of existing methods for quitting smoking and presents a novel idea of using an enzyme to break down nicotine. The chapter discusses the promising results of a study that added the nicotine-chomping enzyme to mouse serum, but also highlights the challenges that need to be overcome before the enzyme can be used as a vaccine.

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