Yin, Watkins awarded patent for novel medication

Two CU-Boulder faculty members, Hang ‘Hubert’ Yin (chemistry and  biochemistry) and Linda Watkins (psychology and neuroscience), recently received a patent for novel drugs modulating the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling pathway. The drugs are useful as an independent treatment for chronic pain, and can also be used to help make opioid painkillers (such as Percocet [...]