Archives for September 2017

A possible breakthrough in medicine– a team of scientists at The University of Texas discovered a new non-addictive pain reliever.

See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQkAPRSPW9E

See our story of developing a new approach to pain on KXAN TV:

http://kxan.com/2017/09/06/ut-scientists-look-to-curb-opioid-epidemic-with-pain-reliever-discovery/

A team of scientists led by chemists Stephen Martin and James Sahn at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered what they say is a powerful pain reliever that acts on a previously unknown pain pathway. The synthetic compound, known as UKH-1114, is as effective at relieving neuropathic pain in injured mice as a drug widely used for pain relief called gabapentin, but it works at a much lower dose, with longer duration of action.

See the full story here: https://scienceblog.com/495959/scientists-discover-powerful-potential-pain-reliever/

The StARTup Studio put on by the Innovation Center at the University of Texas at Austin had a decidedly pharmaceutical focus during its January presentations.

Three professor-led startups presented a variety of ideas including a traumatic brain injury treatment drug, a peptide sequencing platform to combat bacteria and a new way to create antibiotics.

See more here: 

http://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2017/02/01/ut-at-austin-professors-present-early-stage-pharmaceutical-startups/