News & Research
AphioTx Pitches at Startup TNT’s Life Sciences Investment Summit
AphioTx
/ February 24, 2022
AphioTx is excited to announce we have been chosen to advance to the top 10 at Start Up TNT’s Life...
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From One Scientific Breakthrough to the Next: The AphioTx Origin Story
AphioTx
/ February 9, 2022
Over a 15-year period, key scientific discoveries were made that changed our understanding of the important roles pannexin-1 channels play...
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Webinar, Innovation & Development: Addressing the Global Opioid Crisis
AphioTx
/ January 27, 2022
Researchers out of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary have discovered a treatment that shows potential in...
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The Opioid Crisis is Growing Across North America
AphioTx
/ January 26, 2022
Governments across North America are taking urgent action to address the growing opioid crisis that is drastically gaining momentum. Current interventions have proven to be ineffective...
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Calgary-based Company Launches with Potential Innovative Treatment to Help Tackle Global Opioid Crisis
AphioTx
/ January 24, 2022
AphioTx, a clinical research company from the University of Calgary developing a potential treatment for opioid withdrawal, is pleased to announce its formal launch today.
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Trio of vet med researchers secures $2.6 million in national funding competition
AphioTx
/ October 1, 2020
The CIHR Project Grant program chose projects led by Drs. Sabine Gilch, PhD, Tuan Trang, PhD, and Patrick Whelan, PhD,...
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Researchers identify drug that alleviates opioid withdrawal
AphioTx
/ June 30, 2017
Opioid use and abuse is a significant social, health and economic issue in Canada. Researchers at the University of Calgary’s Faculty...
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Biochemists develop new way to control cell biology with light
AphioTx
/ March 13, 2017
Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed a new method of controlling biology at the cellular level using light.
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Blocking microglial pannexin-1 channels alleviates morphine withdrawal in rodents.
AphioTx
/ March 1, 2017
The opium poppy is a natural source of opioids such as morphine. Although they are revered for their potent pain-relieving...
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Inhibition of Pannexin-1 Channels on Microglia Reduces Morphine Withdrawal in Rodents
AphioTx
/ February 21, 2017
Opioids are the mainstay of treatment strategies to reduce pain, but withdrawal can be a serious problem when patients stop...
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Anti-gout medication could be new weapon in fight against opioid crisis
AphioTx
/ January 30, 2017
Drug eases withdrawal symptoms in rodents, human trials next Originally published by CBC News on January 30, 2017 University of...
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Gout remedy may reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms: Alberta study
AphioTx
/ January 30, 2017
Originally published by The Globe and Mail on January 30, 2017 Researchers in Alberta have discovered that a medication once...
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Tuan Trang will receive a 2017 CAN Young Investigator Award
AphioTx
/ January 1, 2017
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) is proud to announce that Tuan Trang, from the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the...
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Tuan Trang — Rita Allen Foundation Pain Scholar
AphioTx
/ August 9, 2016
Tuan Trang (Award in Pain Recipient) began his research career as an undergraduate at Queen’s University studying the effects of prenatal...
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