Pain relief (IMAGE)

Texas A&M University

Pain relief

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The research team discovered that reduced autophagy—the cell’s housekeeping system—in a specific region of the brain increases pain, prompting them to develop a novel peptide to restore balance. 

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Texas A&M University

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