Alexandros
Makriyannis
George D. Behrakis Chair in pharmaceutical biotechnology, director of the Center for Drug Discovery, professor of chemistry and chemical biology
Alexandros Makriyannis in the Press
Scientists map the receptor that makes weed work
“People have been using cannabis for a variety of therapeutic indications for centuries,” says Alexandros Makriyannis, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Drug Discovery, and a co-author of this new research, published in Nature. In the 1960s, scientists finally started to figure that out as well. And by the 1980s, Eli Lilly had developed a […]
How Weed Works Its Magic Just Got Easier To Understand
“We found that the CB1 receptor consists of multiple sub-pockets and channels,” Dr. Alexandros Makriyannis, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Drug Discovery and a member of the international team of researchers who mapped CB1, said in a press statement. “This complex structure will allow chemists to design diverse compounds that specifically target portions of […]
