Scientists at Cambridge University, London, have identified a gene responsible for regulating chronic pain. Their drug discovery should help drug researchers in their search for more effective, targeted pain-killing medicines. By studying the gene in mice, the were able to show that taking away the gene took away neuropathic pain. The drug will not affect …
A study published in the Annals of Neurology indicates that a single gene may be responsible for the pain suffered in many people with a type of peripheral neuropathy that previously had no known cause. The discovery could lead to effective treatments for the disorder. Â READ MORE Source: Web MD
For the 20 million Americans suffering with PN, there is no good treatment for the disorder and doctors can find no apparent cause in one of every three cases. An international team of scientists have found that mutations of a single gene are linked to 30 percent of cases of unexplained neuropathy. The findings, published …
