Fat cells help repair damaged nerves
Damage to the body’s peripheral nerves can cause pain and movement disorders. Researchers at the Leipzig University have recently investigated how damaged nerves can regenerate better. They found that fat tissue strongly supports the Schwann cells needed for repair during the healing process. The results were published in the journal Cell Metabolism. Our bodies are […]
Want a Few Weeks of Knee Pain Relief? Try This
PHILADELPHIA — Blocking agents delivered to genicular nerves around the knee markedly reduced osteoarthritis patients’ perceptions of pain, far more than those receiving placebo injections, a randomized trial showed. At week 4 following the injections, patients in the nerve block group reported mean reductions in pain scores of 3.0 points from baseline on a standard […]
Nerves may be key to blocking abnormal bone growth in tissue: Drugs being investigated for pain relief may prevent heterotopic ossification, study suggests.
Blocking a molecule that draws sensory nerves into musculoskeletal injuries prevents heterotopic ossification (HO), a process in which bone abnormally grows in soft tissue during healing, UT Southwestern researchers reported in a study. The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest that drugs currently being tested in clinical trials to inhibit this molecule for pain relief […]