addiction
| 6 min read
The compound reduced opioid intake within hours in rats and was linked to changes in synaptic organization and gene expression in reward-related brain regions.
| 4 min read
For the first time, researchers observed new conformational states between opioid drugs binding to mu opioid receptors — findings that drug developers can use to design safer opioid drugs.
| 3 min read
Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ drug, Journavx, blocks a sodium channel outside of the brain. Experts hope that this non-addictive pain drug may be the first of many.
| 4 min read
A promising relationship between acetylcholine signaling and pain relief in mice could point the way to a non-opioid therapeutic.
| 10+ min read
No pharmaceutical treatments exist for addictions to drugs like cocaine or cannabis. Now, scientists are engineering gene therapies, immunotherapies, and more.
| 5 min read
Researchers discovered that microbial short chain fatty acids influence drug seeking behavior in rats, revealing potential new therapeutic targets for cocaine use disorder.
| 4 min read
After decades of research, chemists created antibodies that could help patients fight addiction.
| 3 min read
Researchers used an innovative computational approach to identify a generic drug that could be repurposed to treat cocaine toxicity.
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