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Atomic swap in morphine core structure leads to safer, non-rewarding opioid alternative

One of the greatest revolutions in the field of pain medication was the isolation of morphine from the opium poppy in the 19th century. Morphine molecules act as painkillers by attaching themselves to ...
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Atom-swapped morphine may help create safer painkillers

Morphine is one of the most famous natural products in the world and the progenitor of many semisynthetic opioids, such as heroin and oxycodone, as well as the overdose-reversing drug naloxone. Most ...