The title is not good--lots of meds are betting than morphine...that's why we have all the other opioids: hydromorphone, fentanyl, remifentinil, sufentinil, oxycododone, etc.
If you look at the Nature abstract linked from the news article, all they claim there is that the analgesic effects can be, "as strong as morphine."
This also a protein which is inherently more expensive and difficult to turn into a drug compared with a small molecule.
If you look at the Nature abstract linked from the news article, all they claim there is that the analgesic effects can be, "as strong as morphine."
This also a protein which is inherently more expensive and difficult to turn into a drug compared with a small molecule.