Gene therapy for chronic pain gets first test in people
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 07:14
in Health & Medicine
The gene transfer vector (left) is injected into the skin in the area of pain (red line, right). From the skin, the vector is carried into sensory nerves and releases the inhibitory neurotransmitter locally in the spinal cord (red oval). Credit: University of Michigan This week, University of Michigan scientists will begin a phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of cancer-related pain, using a novel gene transfer vector injected into the skin to deliver a pain-relieving gene to the nervous system.
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