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  • Chief Opioid Officer at UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School
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FLP-15 functions through the GPCR NPR-3 to regulate local and global search behaviours in Caenorhabditis elegans

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By Jun Liu, Mohd Abbas, Monika Scholz, Kavita Babu, Umer Saleem Bhat, Siju Surendran, Namra Tasnim, Ashwani Bhardwaj
| Nature Verified
Abstract The transition from well-fed to food-deprived conditions in C. elegans triggers a stereotypic exploration behaviour characterised by a temporal decrease in reorientation frequency. In this study we conduct a screen of neuropeptide mutants and identify several candidates involved in modulating this behaviour. Among these, the neuropeptide FLP-15 emerges as a key regulator.
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What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in U.S. drug overdoses? A medical toxicologist explains

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By Kavita Babu
| Charlotte Sun Verified
Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax to cocaine, drugs or counterfeit pills purchased in nonmedical settings may contain life-threatening amounts of fentanyl. kAmpD E96 r9:67 @7 |65:42= %@I:4@=@8J 2E &|2DD r92?
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What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in U.S. drug overdoses? A medical toxicologist explains - OHS Canada Magazine

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By Kavita Babu
| OHS Canada Verified
By Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax to cocaine, drugs or counterfeit pills purchased in nonmedical settings may contain life-threatening amounts of fentanyl. Physicians like me have seen a rise in unintentional fentanyl use from people buying prescription opioids and other drugs laced, or adulterated, with fentanyl.
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