A new study shows that modifying the toxin using a LEGO-like “protein stapling” technique can ease pain in mice.
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Playing “LEGO” with Botulinum Toxin: A Potential Alternative to Opioids?
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Studying Low Back Pain in Animals—and Treating It Too
Researchers use a new “biomaterial” to ease intervertebral disc pain in rats.
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Danger Zone: How the Nervous System Encodes Pain, Hunger and Other Threats
Nerve cells in a brain region called the PBN help animals prioritize threats and behave appropriately.
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Opioid Drugs Work Differently Than Natural Opioids
A new study offers a reason why opioid drugs have more powerful effects than the body’s own morphine-like chemicals. The research could influence future pain drug development efforts.
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Expectations Versus Reality: Spinal Surgery Does Not End Opioid Use for Pain
A new study reports that fewer than one in ten patients on long-term opioids before their operation discontinue the drugs post-surgery.