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Aditi Das: Converting Omega 3 fatty acids to cannabinoids to elicit anti-pain relief

Published: Nov. 9, 2017, 8:27 p.m.

b'The anti-infammatory drugs of tomorrow may look a lot different than the ones we are used to as Professor Aditi Das explains. Her research focuses on understanding how fatty acids, in particular Omega 3 fatty acids, get converted into anti-inflammatory lipids signaling molecules by epoxygenases. Through a grant from the National Institute of Health, she is leading a research team on a discovery of novel endocannabinoid epoxides that are anti-inflammatory.'