Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a new educational resource that explains how opioid receptors ...
Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their findings show that certain experimental compounds can amplify pain relief ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tris Pharma, Inc. (Tris), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced the acceptance of its peer-reviewed article "The ...
New research reveals previously unknown ways opioid receptors can function, opening the door to safer pain treatments.
Scientists are racing to redesign how powerful painkillers work, aiming to keep the relief that opioids provide while ...
To date, therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) focus on modifying or suppressing the immune system rather than on remyelination. Recent findings have pointed to the κ-opioid receptor (KOR) as a ...
Drugs that target opioid receptors sometimes have severe side effects. Thousands of people around the world die every day from overdoses involving opioids such as fentanyl. Researchers have taken a ...
Opioids remain the most potent and effective pain relievers in medicine, but they're also among the most addictive drugs that can halt a person's ability to breathe during an overdose - which can be ...