New drugs, for pain in this example, can take decades of research in fundamental molecular and biological research before even considering translation to human solutions. The labs of Stanford professors Justin Du Bois and Sandip Biswal are working on new treatments for locating and eliminating pain, a cross-discipline collaboration facilitated by California newts found on campus ... and BioX. The well-written Stanford News article by Amy Adams describes the interesting way this collaboration started, and look at the OTL project description ("docket") for related projects.
We're not sure which project Amy writes about, the
journal article she quotes has not been picked up in the continuous VL mapping cycle. However I can tell from the timeline that the latest project is
Novel compounds as modulators of voltage-gated sodium channels for pain treatment and biomolecular tools. This gets you close and you can read the description and applications of this new innovation, and find other innovations by keyword at the feature-rich Stanford Office of Technology Licensing "TechFinder" portal.
Note: In VL Navigator or the TechFinder widgets, look for other green-box projects and red diamond disclosures in the collaborative ecosystem to discover related innovations.
Stanford chemist joins with radiologists to locate source of pain – with help from newts
The News article summarizes, "In addition to being an example of what can happen when scientists from across campus work together, Du Bois and Biswal say the research specifically shows the role molecular scientists can play in solving biological problems. Du Bois is on the executive committee for the new Stanford Institute for Chemical Biology, which was formed specifically to encourage collaborations like this one." We recommend you read the
full article here.
