Answer
The mad Dr. Moro has the following research options:
1. Develop a drug that will act as an agonist of substance P and magnify or intensify its effects.
2. Try to synthesize a chemical that inhibits the chemical breakdown (catabolism) of substance P.
3. Extract or manufacture a chemical that prevents the reuptake of substance P by adjacent
tissues/structures
Work Step by Step
4. Find a substance that promotes or enhances the release of Substance P.
5. Develop a drug that blocks the release of enkephalins.
Enkephalins, like opiods, are potent pain killers. A substance that blocks the pain-killing actions of enkephalins would intensify the agony of the torture victim, and make Dr. Moro very happy.
