Gene that encodes crucial pain receptor may be key to therapy for major health problem
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2012. A University of Toronto scientist has helped identify a major gene affecting chronic pain sensitivity, an often debilitating problem that impacts nearly one in five people.
While there have been many breakthroughs in understanding the basic biology of pain over the past two decades, a major scientific challenge has been understanding why certain people develop pain…
