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Could biomarkers mean better pain treatment?

For clinicians on the challenging front line of chronic pain treatment, the tale of a general-practice physician in Australia who…

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How pain is misunderstood and ignored in women

“Women are born with pain built in. It’s our physical destiny.” With those words, Kristin Scott Thomas’s character in the…

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We are DANI

I’ve always had an affinity with computers — but it’s only recently that it became literal. When I was 12,…

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How a ‘pain-o-meter’ could improve treatments

A participant holds his hand in a bucket of ice while Yingzi Lin monitors his pain response.Credit: Ruby Wallau/Northeastern Univ.…

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Pain researchers must learn from the opioid crisis

In 2022, more than 80,000 people died of an opioid overdose in the United States. To reduce this toll, we…

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The gut microbiome and chronic pain

The abnormal tissues range from black blisters to red nodules and white-hot cysts. They grow throughout the pelvic cavity, latching…

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What is a cell type, really?

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. An…

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Non-invasive optogenetic stimulation of distinct stress responses in plants

RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 25 September 2024 Two ion channels (structures in cell membranes that allow ions to pass through) have been…

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Data integrity concerns flagged in 130 women’s health papers — all by one co-author

Duplicated text and unusual statistics have been flagged in 130 studies by a single physician-researcher and his co-authors.Credit: Getty A…

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Universities are not just businesses, but an investment in future generations

Some UK universities might not receive support from the new Labour government, despite their financial struggles.Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty There are…

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