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UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry awarded $9.8 million NIH grant that could help curb opioid use

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Monday, January 23, 2023

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry awarded $9.8 million NIH grant that could help curb opioid use


Study of jaw-joint sensory neurons aimed at creating safer pain treatment The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry has received a major five-year, $9.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to discover how sensory neurons in the jaw joint and mastication muscles influence and create pain, which could lead to safer drug […]


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