New research suggests chronic pain is different for males and females

Dr. Bradley Kerr and his team have uncovered sex differences in the way chronic pain develops and resolves in mice, with the aim of developing targeted treatments for humans.

24 January 2024

In recently published research, the team reports on its study of mice with chronic pain resulting from inflammation rather than direct injury. They found that the female mice were more sensitive to the effects of immune cells called macrophages. They also identified an X chromosome-linked receptor that is critical for resolving both acute and chronic inflammation in both sexes.

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