Re: Interesting article on genetics of pain

[Guest guest]

Hi Janet,

Yeah, I probably got a double whammy of that " no pain " gene! DrRand

said that he has a collegue that is testing some patients prior to

surgery to detrmine their pain profile. It will be wonderful if this

leads to better pain management won't it?

Take Care, Cam

[Guest guest]

Ok, let me preface this by saying that pain control in humans is a very

important area of medicine, and I speak as one who is, like everyone in

the group, very pain experienced.

By performing pain research on animals, researchers acknowledge that

their pain mechanisms are very similar to ours.

How then is it ethical to do pain research on them?

Sharon

cammaltby wrote:

Its a fairly easy read...and very interesting. Validates the wide

range

of how people feel pain. You would think that the mainstream doctors

would already know this....

http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2006/102706/molecular_genetics.shtml