Chemotherapy Linked to Persistent Nerve Pain in 4 in 10 Cancer Patients
BMJ Group via News-Medical –Â The drugs used to treat cancer damage healthy cells and tissues, including the nervous system. Worldwide, cancer chemotherapy is linked to persistent severe peripheral nerve pain…
Scorpion Toxin That Targets ‘Wasabi Receptor’ May Help Solve Mystery of Chronic Pain
University of California, San Francisco via Science Daily – Researchers have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the ‘wasabi receptor,’ a chemical-sensing protein found in nerve cells that’s responsible for…
New Approaches to Heal Injured Nerves
Ruhr-University Bochum via EurekAlert – “Although we have so far only shown these effects in genetically modified mice and using gene therapy approaches, these findings open up various possibilities for…
