A possible breakthrough in medicine– a team of scientists at The University of Texas discovered a new non-addictive pain reliever.
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Archives for September 2017
UT scientists look to curb opioid epidemic with pain reliever discovery
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/
Scientists Discover Powerful Potential Pain Reliever
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/
UT at Austin Professors Present Early-Stage Pharmaceutical Startups
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.
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