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Latigo Biotherapeutics has whipped together a $150 million series B fundraising round to advance a pipeline of non-opioid ...

The custom-designed molecule, derived from cannabis, may provide an alternative to opioids for treating chronic pain. The compound is illustrated here in cyan, nestled within a protein (green and ...

The substance abuse research team at Temple University is dedicated to combating the addiction epidemic by developing a new ...

Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine and Stanford University have developed a compound that simulates a ...

They called this molecule "enkephalin"(meaning "in the head ... Now he had a question to ask about it: Did it have something to do with pain perception? When Li injected the substance into ...

By modifying the molecule such that it only binds to pain-sensing nerve cells outside of the brain, the researchers achieved pain relief without mind-altering side effects. They tested the ...