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Woman who has never felt pain experiences it for the first time

4 December 2015

Using mice modified to carry a rare genetic mutation that causes painlessness, a UCL study led by Professor John Wood (UCL Division of Medicine) has uncovered a way to make low doses of opioids more effective in treating chronic pain. Read: New Scientist, More: Irish Times, Metro, Daily Mail, Times (£), Independent, Sydney Morning Herald, Washington Post, UCL News, Listen: BBC World Service 'Newsday' (from 18 mins 35 secs)