Tuesday, 22 November 2005
By TEX LUMBAGO
In perhaps the greatest scientific breakthrough of the century, scientists have discovered how to make your own body produce morphine:
Stimulate the phagocyte!
Wei Zhu, Patrick Cadet, Geert Baggerman, Kirk J. Mantione, and George B. Stefano
"Human White Blood Cells Synthesize Morphine: CYP2D6 Modulation"
J Immunol 175: 7357-7362.