Research lays groundwork for the development of new, targeted pain medications.
A side effect of many commonly used drugs appears to increase the risks of both cognitive impairment and death.
As audiences watch the movie "Limitless", in which an author uses a smart drug to boost his brain, a new book shines a spotlight on the ethical...
Drug abuse is probably linked to an in-built tendency to act without thinking, as shown by studies of siblings of chronic stimulant users, a leading...
Imagine a one-off cure for drug addiction or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) instead of today’s life-long therapy regimes.
Research is bringing closer the conversion of simple organic molecules into drugs, plastics or potential new fuels in a single step.
Can better decisions be made about which anticancer drugs to progress to clinical trials?
A large interdisciplinary network is aiming to shed light on the practices, rituals and attitudes surrounding intoxication.
In the quest to find the biological route of drug addiction, research at Cambridge University is revealing what makes some people more vulnerable...
Research led by the Department of Pharmacology is discovering the drugs of tomorrow from traditional Chinese medicine.