Dr. Christopher McCurdy discusses the research he is working on thanks to a COBRE-funded study on Kratom, a natural product that shows promise as an opiate suppressor. Research reported in this release was supported by the NIH’s NIGMS IDeA program under award number P20GM104932 and by the NIDA under award number R01DA023205. The content isRead the story …
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Pharmacy School to Host Inaugural Borne Lecture
Former UM researcher Christopher McCurdy to speak on pain treatment, management
September 26, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Pharmaceutical scientist and educator Christopher McCurdy will discuss his work to develop new pain management therapies for the inaugural Ronald F. Borne Endowed Lecture, organized by the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. The lecture, set for 1 p.m. Friday (Sept. 29) in the Thad Cochran Research Center, Room 1000, is freeRead the story …
New Hope for Addicts
January 25, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to quickly grasp what a University of Mississippi professor’s research could mean to the millions of people addicted to hardcore narcotics such as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and morphine. School of Pharmacy faculty member Christopher R. McCurdy has made it his mission to find and develop compoundsRead the story …