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Less Painful Childbirth Associated With Rare Variant in Ion Channel Gene
First-time mothers who did not request pain relief during labor were more likely to carry a rare variant in a potassium channel-coding gene.
The DNA Company Rebrands as My Next Health Following Acquisition
Functional genomics firm The DNA Company acquired digital therapeutics app My Pain Sensei, giving it an AI development platform and a Health Canada medical device license.
NIH Announces Upcoming Genomic Medicine Studies
The trials are part of the second phase of the Implementing Genomics in Practice program, which is slated to receive $42 million in funding over 5 years.
Chronic Back Pain Linked to Three Loci in New Genome-Wide Analysis
These three loci implicated skeletal and spinal cord development-linked pathways in chronic back pain.
Opium Poppy Genome Provides Look at Painkiller Compound Evolution
After a series of duplication and rearrangement events, the genes involved in two key pathways producing morphine, codeine, and noscapine have clustered in the genome.