news Specific mechanism found to control transition from acute to chronic pain 27 October 2021 | By Anna Begley (Drug Target Review) A new study is the first to identify N-acylethanolamine acid amidase as a new drug target to treat different forms of chronic pain.
article Peptides: a promising alternative to opioids for chronic pain relief 25 October 2021 | By Anna Begley (Drug Target Review), Anton Simeonov, Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) In an exclusive with Drug Target Review, researchers at the University at Buffalo explain how they developed a novel peptide that could be a future treatment for chronic inflammatory pain.
news Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to temperature and touch discoveries 4 October 2021 | By Anna Begley (Drug Target Review) David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian have won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, with their work being used to develop treatments for conditions such as chronic pain.
article Millennia in the making: unlocking the medicinal value of CBD 20 May 2021 | By Dr Sotirios Karathanasis (Enveda Biosciences) Dr Sotirios Karathanasis discusses the history of cannabis as a treatment and delves into the process of turning plant-based medicines into clinically proven drugs.
news CRISPR-dead Cas9 could offer non-addictive treatment for pain, study shows 11 March 2021 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) A new CRISPR gene therapy for chronic pain has been shown in mice to temporarily repress a gene involved in sensing pain.
news Novel class of non-addictive analgesics demonstrate safety in animals 7 July 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review) To overcome the issues of current analgesics, researchers reveal a new class of non-narcotic pipeline drugs based on acetaminophen.
news Effective analgesics are ‘some way away’ due to bias in pain research, says researcher 26 May 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review) A review of pain research suggests it is biased towards males, despite most chronic pain sufferers being female, resulting in ineffective analgesics.
news Neuronal link between chronic pain and depression discovered 27 September 2019 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) The mechanism in the brain connecting chronic pain and depression could lead to treatments for both, according to researchers.
news New target for chronic pain relief 3 April 2019 | By Drug Target Review Scientists observe drug target that can reduce pain when activated...
news Developing a blood test for pain measurement 14 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) A blood test to measure pain has been developed, and could potentially aid physicians with more accuracy in diagnosis and prescriptions...
news Perrottetinene from moss could be more medically beneficial than hemp 30 October 2018 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Researchers have found that moss could be more medically beneficial than tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which is being used illegally to treat various diseases...
news A new generation of pain relief 10 September 2018 | By Drug Target Review Researchers have developed a new generation of pain relief drugs that only target the affected area, with the help of computer simulations...
news Scientists discover compound for a non-addictive painkiller 30 August 2018 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Scientists have discovered the chemical compound AT-121, which could soon lead to a painkiller stronger than morphine, but without the side effects...
news How cannabis and cannabis-based drugs can harm your brain 24 July 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Long-term use of either cannabis or cannabis-based drugs impairs memory...
news Derm-BOT compound relieves chronic pain 23 July 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) A modified form of botulinum toxin gives long-lasting pain relief in mice without adverse effects...
