<p>You may soon get over that hangover just by popping a pill!<br /><br /></p>.<p>Scientists are working on a new alcohol-busting drug that could help boozers sober up in seconds.<br /><br />Researchers have already developed a cocktail of alcohol metabolising enzymes that speedily reduces blood alcohol levels in drunk mice.<br /><br />The treatment, which has been compared to having “millions of liver cells inside your stomach,” could have far-reaching implications for drinkers, the ‘Daily Mail’ reported.<br />Researchers Yunfeng Lu and Cheng Jifrom the University of Southern California injected the intoxicated mice with nanocapsules containing two enzymes.<br /><br />One of the enzymes, Oxidase, comes with an unfortunate by-product of hydrogen peroxide, which can be harmful. It needs to work in concert with another enzyme that decomposes the hydrogen peroxide.<br /><br />Party mice that received the injection sobered up much quicker compared to those that didn’t get the enzyme treatment, according to the study findings showed.<br /><br />The breakthrough is still in its early stages and is not ready to be tested on humans.<br />However, Lu said it could lead to a new class of drugs that act as an alcohol ‘antidote.’ He believes the medicine could be taken in such simple form as a pill.<br /><br />Scientist said the nanocapsules work as a sort of booze buster in your gut.<br /><br />It would “almost be like having millions of liver cell units inside your stomach or in your intestine, helping you to digest alcohol,” Lu said.</p>
<p>You may soon get over that hangover just by popping a pill!<br /><br /></p>.<p>Scientists are working on a new alcohol-busting drug that could help boozers sober up in seconds.<br /><br />Researchers have already developed a cocktail of alcohol metabolising enzymes that speedily reduces blood alcohol levels in drunk mice.<br /><br />The treatment, which has been compared to having “millions of liver cells inside your stomach,” could have far-reaching implications for drinkers, the ‘Daily Mail’ reported.<br />Researchers Yunfeng Lu and Cheng Jifrom the University of Southern California injected the intoxicated mice with nanocapsules containing two enzymes.<br /><br />One of the enzymes, Oxidase, comes with an unfortunate by-product of hydrogen peroxide, which can be harmful. It needs to work in concert with another enzyme that decomposes the hydrogen peroxide.<br /><br />Party mice that received the injection sobered up much quicker compared to those that didn’t get the enzyme treatment, according to the study findings showed.<br /><br />The breakthrough is still in its early stages and is not ready to be tested on humans.<br />However, Lu said it could lead to a new class of drugs that act as an alcohol ‘antidote.’ He believes the medicine could be taken in such simple form as a pill.<br /><br />Scientist said the nanocapsules work as a sort of booze buster in your gut.<br /><br />It would “almost be like having millions of liver cell units inside your stomach or in your intestine, helping you to digest alcohol,” Lu said.</p>