New, powerful pain control method studied

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. and Finnish scientists say they've identified a therapeutic target for pain control that's eight times more effective in suppressing pain than morphine. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Medicine and the University of Helsinki report identifying the role of a particular protein that acts in pain-sensing neurons, or nerve cells, to convert the chemical messengers that cause pain into ones that suppress it. "This... [read full story]