Study Could Pave the Way for Painkillers with Fewer Side Effects

Researchers have long sought alternatives to morphine - a powerful and widely used painkiller - that curb its side effects, including dependency, nausea and dizziness. Now, an experiment at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has supplied the most complete atomic-scale map of such a compound docked with a cellular receptor that regulates the body's pain response and tolerance.

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