A revolutionary single-shot jab that delivers DNA to cells could be a new way to tackle all types of chronic pain.
The injection, which is now in clinical trials for conditions including osteoarthritis (wear and tear damage that means bones rub together), instructs cells to ramp up production of a key natural protein, IL-10, which has painkilling and anti-inflammatory properties.
Chronic pain where the pain lasts longer than 12 weeks despite treatment affects around one in five adults.
Despite decades of research, chronic pain is still poorly understood and hard to control.
A survey by the American Academy of Pain Medicine found that treatment with painkilling prescription drugs helps about 58 per cent of patients on average.
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Científicos utilizan la impresión en 3D para crear orejas y narices con células de pacientes
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Investigadores de la Universidad de Swansea, en Gales, utilizan la impresión en 3D para crear orejas, narices y otras partes del cuerpo para pacientes que lo necesiten.
Los científicos usan células humanas y materiales basados en plantas para la impresión. La tecnología beneficiaría a los que han sufrido cicatrices faciales como resultado de quemaduras, cáncer y otros tipos de trauma.
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Scar Free Foundation financia la investigación, que ya tiene tres años y cuya inversión asciende a 3.5 millones de dólares.
A ten-year-old girl is set to become the first person in Britain to receive a 3D-bioprinted as part of a £2.5million research project.
Radiyah Miah, from Pembrokeshire, has a congenital condition known as microtia which means she was born without a properly formed left ear.
But scientists at Swansea University are working on technology which would see some of Radiya s own cartilage being used to 3D bioprint a new ear for her.
Researchers say she is at the top of the list to take part in the pioneering project which would see scientists use a small sample of cartilage cells, possibly from her nose, to create an living inner ear structure.