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‘Off switch for pain’: scientists find new way of shutting down pain
27 November 2014
The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...nd-new-way-of-shutting-down-pain-9888339.html
And here's a more scientific article...
'Off switch' for pain discovered: Activating the adenosine A3 receptor subtype is key to powerful pain relief
November 26, 2014
Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126132639.htm
27 November 2014
The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...nd-new-way-of-shutting-down-pain-9888339.html
Scientists have discovered a new way of bringing pain relief, which could avoid the dangers and problems of other solutions while helping patients with the intense pain caused by problems such as bone cancer and chemotherapy.
Researchers found that blocking a pathway in rodents counteracts chronic nerve pain. By activating the particular pain receptor, known as A3, pain that develops slowly from nerve damage could be prevented or reversed, they said in the study, published in Brain.
Read more:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...nd-new-way-of-shutting-down-pain-9888339.html
And here's a more scientific article...
'Off switch' for pain discovered: Activating the adenosine A3 receptor subtype is key to powerful pain relief
November 26, 2014
Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126132639.htm
In research published in the medical journal Brain, Saint Louis University researcher Daniela Salvemini, Ph.D. and colleagues within SLU, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other academic institutions have discovered a way to block a pain pathway in animal models of chronic neuropathic pain including pain caused by chemotherapeutic agents and bone cancer pain suggesting a promising new approach to pain relief.
Read more:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126132639.htm