A vaccine in development would be the first proactive treatment for overdose and fentanyl addiction, if approved.

New research reveals previously unknown ways opioid receptors can function, opening the door to safer pain treatments.

An internationally recognized leader in molecular pharmacology and neurobiology, Dr. Bohn recently joined USF Health. She is ...

Mapping how Narcan reverses opioid overdose can provide a molecular blueprint for developing more effective drugs against overdose.

Drugs that target opioid receptors sometimes have severe side effects. Thousands of people around the world die every day from overdoses involving opioids such as fentanyl. Researchers have taken a ...

Opioid receptors are a subset of G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs). These membrane proteins transmit signals into the cell ...

Given how profound an influence opioids have on the world – for better or worse – scientists know surprisingly little about how these drugs actually work. A recent study led by researchers from ...

Drugs that target opioid receptors sometimes have severe side effects. Thousands of people around the world die every day from overdoses involving opioids such as fentanyl. An international team of ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid (pronounced "mew-opioid") receptors. What they didn't know - until now - was ...

Brandy Schillace’s review of “Candace Pert” by Pamela Rykman (Bookshelf, Nov. 15) contains a questionable conclusion: the discovery of the mu opioid receptor in 1972 “helped launch the opioid crisis” ...