Pain and itch in a dish: Skin cells converted into pain sensing neurons

Monday, November 24, 2014 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

After more than six years of intensive effort, and repeated failures that made the quest at times seem futile, researchers have successfully converted mouse and human skin cells into pain sensing neurons that respond to a number of stimuli that cause acute and inflammatory pain.

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