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Researchers build a better opioid painkiller from scratch

August 17, 2016
The new compound could reduce overdoses and possibly curb addiction, while addressing the needs of millions of people suffering with chronic pain.

Juan Song Awarded ECBR Grant for Zika Research

June 13, 2016
The Song lab will use the fund to study the cellular targets of Zika Virus (ZIKV) in the adult brain using a mouse model of ZIKV pathogenesis.

Juan Song’s Lab Makes the Cover of The Journal of Neurosciences

May 5, 2016
The image is from their paper, "Trim9 Deletion Alters the Morphogenesis of Developing and Adult-Born Hippocampal Neurons and Impairs Spatial Learning and Memory, " published in collaboration with Stephanie Gupton's lab in the same edition.

New clues in the quest to prevent clogged arteries

April 8, 2016
黑料网 researchers have found a protein that appears to protect against coronary artery disease in older people with surprisingly clear arteries.

Bryan Roth Receives ASPET Louis S. Goodman & Alfred Gilman Award in Receptor Pharmacology

January 22, 2016
Dr. Bryan L. Roth, recipient of the ASPET 2016 Louis S. Goodman & Alfred Gilman Award in Receptor Pharmacology Our congratulations to Dr. Bryan L. Roth for being the recipient of the prestigious 2016 Louis S. Goodman & Alfred Gilman Award in Receptor Pharmacology by the American Society for Pharmacology...

Erasing memory using synaptic optogenetics

December 16, 2015
The Hahn, Kuhlman and Kasai labs developed a genetically encoded probe that can label and optically erase synapses that were enlarged or generated by motor learning. Dense labeling of synapses was found in a small subset of pyramidal neurons, and irradiation with blue light erased motor memory.

Researchers shed pharmacological light on 鈥渄ark鈥 cellular receptors

December 2, 2015
黑料网 and UCSF labs create a new research tool to find homes for two orphan cell-surface receptors, a crucial step toward finding better therapeutics and causes of drug side effects.

NC researchers awarded $5.3 million to develop novel gut-on-a-chip technology

October 13, 2015
Scientists from the 黑料网 / NC State joint biomedical engineering department are creating a new kind of research tool that will be nearly indistinguishable from the human gastrointestinal tract.

黑料网 Lineberger to partner in $12 million effort to find treatments for genetically-linked cancers

October 13, 2015
黑料网 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers and eight other leading cancer research institutions have won a five-year, $12 million grant to try to find treatments for a group of cancers linked to mutations in the NF1 gene.

A BRAIN Initiative first: new tool can switch behavior 鈥榦n鈥 and 鈥榦ff鈥

May 1, 2015
Using a new 鈥榗hemogenetic鈥 technique invented at 黑料网, scientists turn neurons 鈥榦n鈥 and 鈥榦ff鈥 to demonstrate how brain circuits control behavior in mice. This unique tool 鈥 the first to result from the NIH BRAIN Initiative 鈥 will help scientists understand how to modulate neurons to more effectively treat diseases.