Like a key in a lock, a peptide ligand inserted into a receptor on the surface of a cell causes changes within the cell. Cellular changes cannot be seen on the surface. Yet, the changes occurring within open doors to treatments and cures for some of today’s most prevalent health concerns. Peptides that trigger opioid receptors can help curb drug addictions or provide non-addictive pain relief and anti-inflammatory benefits.
Unlocking the potential of peptides is a growing area of scientific research worldwide. In the laboratory of Dr. Jane Aldrich at the University of Kansas, opioid peptide analogues are synthesized, and both standard approaches and combinatorial chemistry are used to identify novel peptides and peptidomimetics with affinity for opioid receptors.
Westward Expansion- Another Research Building Planned
$20 Million Addition Set to Begin This Spring
(From Oread, written by Kevin Boatright)
The University of Kansas received permission to begin construction on the third and final phase of the Structural Biology Center on its west campus in Lawrence.
The $20 million, 45,000-square-foot addition will extend west from the existing SBC, which is directly southeast of KU's new Multidisciplinary Research Building. Plans call for construction to begin this spring, with occupancy in April 2007.
“Our mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationship between people and their pets by providing the best pet nutrition in the world.”
That simple statement has led Hill’s Pet Nutrition from 1939, when Dr. Mark L Morris, Sr. developed the first Hill's Prescription Diet product, to present day.
This Topeka-based company created the new industry of clinical nutrition when Dr. Morris developed the world's first pet food designed to help dogs with kidney disease. His inspiration came after speaking with a young blind man named Morris Frank, who asked if anything could be done to save his guide dog, Buddy, who was suffering from kidney failure.