For decades, statins have been the quiet workhorses of cardiology, cutting heart attack and stroke risk for millions while ...

Four tiny 3D organs connected themselves in a lab dish, forming a replica of the human pain pathway, in a new study. The discovery allows scientists to better understand chronic pain and how pain ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This laboratory model could be used to help explain certain pain syndromes, and ...

Researchers have investigated the role that estrogen plays in signaling more gut pain, and it isn't working alone.

Researchers at Stanford University observed electrical activity travelling along a brain circuit after recreating it in a lab dish (iStock) The breakthrough, made by a team at Stanford University in ...

A study that examined gene mutations in people with a rare condition that stops them sweating or feeling pain could point the way towards identifying new drug targets for people suffering from chronic ...

Gas that suddenly shows up as shoulder pain can feel confusing and even a little scary, especially when it hits after a meal ...