Researchers Identify Specific Targets For Pain Therapy - Professor Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer: “The Challenge Is Now For Pharmaceutical Companies”
Researchers in Zurich, Switzerland have identified specific targets for the therapy of patients suffering from chronic pain. In experiments using mice, they succeeded in specifically blocking the relay of pain signals from the spinal cord to the brain. As a result, they were able to restore the body’s pain filter in the spinal cord, which ensures that not every sensation, such as light touch, is registered as pain.
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