New treatment for inflammatory bowel disease: Opioids may cure that ‘bad gut feeling’: Opioids can control gut immune responses and thereby reduce colonic inflammation, indicating their potential in the treatment of immune diseases – Science Daily

Opioids are a class of substances that control sensations such as pain and emotions in animals. While plant-derived opioid narcotics such as morphine are the most well-recognized, other opioid molecules like endorphins can also be synthesized by the body…

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