Feeling the effects of opioids requires more than just taking a pill, Wudan Yan writes. In Nature Medicine, she reports on studies showing that, in mice at least, the bacterial composition of the gut influences sensitivity to morphine and related drugs. Read the implications of the findings in Wudan’s story and follow @wudanyan and wudanyan.com.
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