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Light-activated opioid painkiller may work without dangerous side effects
October 15, 2026
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 15 -- Cornell University posted the following news:

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Light-activated opioid painkiller may work without dangerous side effects

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Opioid painkillers are some of the strongest analgesic medicines, but they are also the riskiest owing to a range of side effects, including addiction.

An experimental opioid painkiller designed to be reversibly switched on and off with different light frequencies, keeping its . . .

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