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Dr Charles Berde: developing algae-based pain relief

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:13:41
Publish Date: 2021-10-15 19:45:00
Description: Researchers have long searched for an alternative to opioids for pain relief, with few results so far. But that might all be about to change. Dr Charles Berde and his colleagues have been working to develop a local anaesthetic made from neosaxitoxin, an algae-derived pain medication with the power to replace opioids.
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