August 17, 2020
Targeting a Chronic Pain Gateway Could Bring Relief
A new approach to chronic pain treatment developed by the Weizmann Institute of Science targets a molecule that moves pain messages into nerve cell nuclei. Something like a quarter of...
April 18, 2018
“Lord of the Rings” Protein Jump-Starts Nerve Repair
When the body needs to repair nerve injury, the machinery is already in place. Hidden within nerve cells is a ‘one-ring-to-rule-them-all’ kind of trigger: a molecular machine that can ramp...