Linda Watkins believes there is "an end in sight" for chronic pain.
Linda Watkins said Wednesday that with the discovery of glial cells, "there is no end in sight" for chronic pain. In addition, stressed that the morphine "is worsening pain, as this activates the glial cells," for which no drug action. "
Watkins has made these statements at a press conference at Hotel Reconquista in Oviedo. The science is winning this year's Prince of Asturias, ffxiv gil, Award for Technical and Scientific Research, along with David Julius and Baruch Minke. The findings of these three scientists open vias to the design of specific drug therapies and selective treatment of different types of pain, one of the great challenges of medicine.
Linda Watkins discovered these non-neuronal nerve cells, called glial cells, key pathological pain states and, buy darkfall gold, those produced after a nerve injury.
His research has been instrumental in the study of the reasons why some current analgesic treatments, acting mainly on neurons, fail to successfully alleviate the pain. According to the scientific, treatments act on neurons, but "the drugs do not act on glial cells." Therefore, assured that they are investigating to find pharmacological, Star Trek Gold, compounds to act on these cells.
Some of these compounds, said, "are very close to the market." In particular, spoke of ibudilast Watkins, a compound that has been used in Japan, but for other medical purposes. "It has a reliable safety profile," he assured.
Like Julius and Minke, Linda Watkins said more resources are needed for the investigation of pain, as increasingly more research is given to novel approaches. According to Watkins explained, although there are small companies that invest "more funds are needed to reach clinical trials."
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