/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1907/all en /newsroom/channels/news/sex-bias-pain-research-322305 <p>It is increasingly clear that male and female humans and rodents process pain in different ways. And that there are important differences in the underlying mechanisms involved at genetic, molecular, cellular, and physiological levels. Despite this fact, according to a review paper from �鶹AV published today in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-020-0310-6"><i>Nature Reviews Neuroscience</i></a>, most pain research remains overwhelmingly based on the study of male rodents, continuing to test hypotheses derived from earlier experiments on males.</p> Thu, 21 May 2020 14:04:36 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 212044 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/are-scientists-studying-wrong-kind-mice-292312 <p>Mice represent well over half of the non-human subjects of biomedical research, and the vast majority of those mice are inbred. Formed by generation after generation of mating between brothers and sisters, inbred mice are genetically identical to each other, like twins or clones. Inbreeding is well known to reduce health and vigor across species; this biological fact is the reason that incest is a universal taboo.</p> Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:45:15 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 112352 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/newly-discovered-pathway-pain-processing-could-lead-new-treatments-269285 <p>The discovery of a new biological pathway involved in pain processing offers hope of using existing cancer drugs to replace the use of opioids in chronic pain treatment, according to scientists at �鶹AV.</p> <p>Because many therapeutic options, such as opioids, for patients with chronic pain carry the risk of addiction and undesirable side effects, this breakthrough offers promising lines of research into chronic pain treatment, says Luda Diatchenko, professor at �鶹AV’s Faculty of Dentistry and co-lead author of the new study</p> Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:20:15 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32149 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/real-and-growing-effects-fake-pills-263767 <p>There is a placebo effect for both the patient who receives a placebo and the one who receives a real drug, according to <strong>Jeffrey Mogil</strong>, a professor in the department of psychology at �鶹AV.</p> <p>Read more: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/health/placebo-effect-back-pain/">CNN</a></p> Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:54:11 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26332 at /newsroom /newsroom/jeffrey-mogil Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 Anonymous 23132 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/quebec-science-honours-three-mcgill-discoveries-257540 <p><em>By Chris Chipello</em></p> <p><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/quebecscience_2.jpg" style="width:690px; height:226px" /></p> Wed, 23 Dec 2015 18:43:28 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25052 at /newsroom /newsroom/featured-stories-2015 <h3><a href="/newsroom/channels/news/could-maple-syrup-help-cut-use-antibiotics-246929">Could maple syrup help cut use of antibiotics?</a></h3> <p>Syrup extract found to make antibiotics more effective against bacteria. A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to laboratory experiments by researchers at �鶹AV.</p> <p> </p> Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:18:21 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 24999 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/50th-anniversary-pain-mechanisms-new-theory-256801 <p>November 19 marks the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the ground-breaking paper, “<a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/150/3699/971.full.pdf">Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory</a>” co-authored by �鶹AV’s Ronald Melzack, and the late Patrick Wall, which introduced <a href="http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/d/d_03/d_03_cl/d_03_cl_dou/d_03_cl_dou.html#2">gate-control theory</a>.</p> Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:58:38 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 24778 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/american-placebo-255973 <p>A new study finds that rising placebo responses may play a part in the increasingly high failure rate for clinical trials of drugs designed to control chronic pain caused by nerve damage. Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:16:40 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24521 at /newsroom