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Enzyme Structure Holds Key To Cocaine, Heroin Metabolism; Implications For Treatment, Defense Against Chemical Weapons
April 9, 2003 — A study led by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers the first molecular explanation of how the body metabolizes and detoxifies cocaine and ... > full story -
Redheaded Women Respond Better To Painkilling Drug
March 25, 2003 — A gene associated with red hair and fair skin may also be responsible for how females respond to painkillers, according to a study conducted by lead researcher Jeffrey Mogil, a McGill University ... > full story -
Alcohol Researchers Identify A Genetic Basis Of Pain Response
February 21, 2003 — A common genetic variant influences individual responses and adaptation to pain and other stressful stimuli and may underlie vulnerability to many psychiatric and other complex diseases, reports ... > full story -
Sex, Hormones & Genetics Affect Brain's Pain Control System
February 19, 2003 — We all know people who can take pain or stress much better than we can, and others who cry out at the merest pinprick. We've heard stories of people who did heroic deeds despite horrible ... > full story -
Hibernating Squirrels Provide Clues For Stroke, Parkinson's
November 5, 2002 — A compound that enables squirrels to hibernate may one day help minimize brain damage that results from stroke, according to a researcher at the Medical College of Georgia and Veterans Affairs ... > full story -
Common Treatment For Cancer Pain Stimulates Breast Tumor Growth In Mice
July 23, 2002 — University of Minnesota Cancer Center researchers have found that morphine, which is routinely given to cancer patients to manage severe pain, actually stimulates signals in endothelial cells that in ... > full story -
Drug Used In Treatment Of Alcoholism May Have Role In Treatment Of HIV
May 30, 2002 — Naltrexone, a drug used in the treatment of heroin addiction and alcoholism, may increase the effectiveness of the antiretroviral drugs zidovudine (AZT) and indinavir, which are used in the treatment ... > full story -
Nature's Own Antidote To Cocaine -- Brain Opiate May Explain Why Some People Are Less Susceptible To Addiction
April 16, 2002 — Some people's brains may harbor their own built-in defense system against the addictive powers of cocaine. According to new research at The Rockefeller University, a naturally occurring brain ... > full story -
Queen's Researchers Discover Paradox Of Pain Control; Morphine Effectiveness Restored To Between 80 And 90% Of Original Amount
January 31, 2002 — A surprising discovery by researchers at Queen's University could lead to the development of more effective pain-killing drugs, with fewer side effects, for terminally ill patients or people ... > full story -
Research Shows Way To Boost Morphine's Pain-Killing Benefits
January 30, 2002 — Challenging a decades-old understanding of why morphine-like drugs lose effectiveness with increased use, UCSF scientists have demonstrated in animals how morphine’s potent painkilling powers ... > full story
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