May 21, 1999
Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Ease Pain in Rats
Scientists have successfully tested a way of using gene therapy to ease the pain of rats, one step toward developing such a therapy for humans.
The scientists injected a virus carrying a gene for a natural painkiller into the spinal fluid of rats. Cells in the sheath surrounding the rats' spine incorporated the gene, and began manufacturing the painkiller.
The researchers published their results in the
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