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Dr. DP Mohapatra, an expert in bone pain associated with cancer, joins the faculty of the Washington University Pain Center

Durga P. (DP) Mohapatra, PhD has joined the faculty of the Department of Anesthesiology as an Associate Professor in the Washington University Pain Center.  DP joins us from the University of Iowa where he was on faculty for seven years. The major research focus of Dr. Mohapatra’s laboratory is to define the precise tumor-nerve signaling […]

Light — not pain-killing drugs — used to activate brain’s opioid receptors

Despite the abuse potential of opioid drugs, they have long been the best option for patients suffering from severe pain. The drugs interact with receptors on brain cells to tamp down the body’s pain response. But now, neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way to activate opioid receptors […]