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Identification of functional sex differences in nociceptors
A new study reveals that pain management could be greatly improved by considering patient sex as fundamental.
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Dissolving implant device relieves pain without drugs
Researchers have created a new implant device has the potential to provide an alternative to opioids and other highly addictive drugs.
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Virtual method enables screening of billions of chemical compounds
A new platform, named Virtual Synthon Hierarchical Enumeration Screening, has been developed by researchers to efficiently discover drugs.
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Effective analgesics are ‘some way away’ due to bias in pain research, says researcher
A review of pain research suggests it is biased towards males, despite most chronic pain sufferers being female, resulting in ineffective analgesics.
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Developing a blood test for pain measurement
A blood test to measure pain has been developed, and could potentially aid physicians with more accuracy in diagnosis and prescriptions...
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A new generation of pain relief
Researchers have developed a new generation of pain relief drugs that only target the affected area, with the help of computer simulations...
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Scientists discover compound for a non-addictive painkiller
Scientists have discovered the chemical compound AT-121, which could soon lead to a painkiller stronger than morphine, but without the side effects...