Chronic pain changes our immune systems

Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 09:50 in Health & Medicine

Chronic pain may reprogram the way genes work in the immune system, according to a new study. The findings could open new avenues to diagnosing and treating chronic pain in humans, the researchers suggest, as some of the genes found to be marked by chronic pain could also represent new targets for pain medications.

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