Fruit Flies Lead Scientists to New Human Pain Gene
Minor variations in the gene are associated with different sensitivity to acute and chronic pain BOSTON, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — While it has become clear in recent years that susceptibility to pain has a strong inherited component, very little is known about actual “pain genes” and how they work. In the November 12th issue of Cell , researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and …

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