16-02-26 A common gut microbe could soon be offering us pain relief. Japanese bioengineers have tweaked Escherichia coli genes so that they pump out thebaine, a morphine precursor that can be modified to make painkillers. The genetically modified E. coli pro...

15-06-26 Scientists at the University of York and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Australia have made a key genetic discovery in poppies, paving the way for more effective painkillers. The discovery, published in the latest issue of Science, reveals the long sought af...

10-06-22 Researchers at the University of Leicester and the University of Ferrara in Italy have collaborated（合作） to develop new drugs which have the potential to relieve cancer pain without causing many of the side effects（副作用） of current pain-treat...

10-03-15 Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered the unique genes that allow the opium poppy（罂粟） to make codeine（可待因） and morphine（吗啡） , thus opening doors to alternate methods of producing these effective painkillers（止痛药）...