UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Identify Potential Pathway to Make Opioids Safer, More Effective (IMAGE)

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UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Identify Potential Pathway to Make Opioids Safer, More Effective

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John Streicher, PhD, studies the signaling links between receptor activation and pain relief. Recent research into heat shock protein 90 found that when Hsp90 was inhibited in the spinal cord, the pain-relieving effects of morphine were amplified.

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University of Arizona Health Sciences/Noelle Haro-Gomez

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