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Exome Sequencing Links Point Mutation to Family's Insensitivity to Pain

Dec 14, 2017
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Researchers have traced a rare pain insensitivity disorder affecting one family to a single point mutation.

By studying people who don't experience pain or experience it differently than most people, the researchers hope to tease out possible drug targets to treat people who suffer from chronic pain, a condition affecting more than 11 percent of adults in the US.

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