Category Archives: Pain Research

More on STEMEZ hN2 Primary Human Neurons

My company’s STEMEZTM hN2 Primary Human Neuron Discovery Kits have been a frequent topic on “News Behind the Neuroscience News”. My friends at Aruna Biomedical continue to broaden the capabilities of these Kits based on customer feedback.
I am seeing increasing demand for these cells as these capabilities are published. Here’s the latest:
A. Young, D.W. Machacek, S.K. [...]

Ion Channels and Neuromics’ STEMEZ Cells

hNP1_Gene_Expression

Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia and CaMKII alpha

Many of my backstories have featured Pain Researchers.  In several, I have featured use of our our i-Fect ™ Transfection Kit for enhancing the delivery of siRNA in vitro and in vivo to study the expression of genes invovled in Neuropathic and Nociceptive Pain.
I am excited to present a recent publication that includes use of this kit [...]

Featuring Dr. Pat Carr

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)-New Twists on Root Causes

Teacher, Mentor and Friend    Dr. Pat Carr has been a key figure in helping shape the direction of my company. He has a gift for communicating the nuances of his research and coaching me on how to best serve labs like his. Based on these interactions, it came as no surprise [...]

Knockdown of rSNSR1 in vivo

I have featured successes with delivering siRNA in vivo in this blog. These included stories on Dr. Philipe Serrat and his team at the University of Sherbrooke and Dr. Mark Behlke’s work at Integrated DNA and Dicerna.
I am pleased to report the parade of success with use our i-FectTM in vivo grows. 
Here’s the most recent study:
Christian Ndong, [...]

The Quest for Better Pain Therapies

G- protein coupled receptor (GPCR) and Drug Responsiveness

About Dr. Laura Bohn 
 Background:
Spring 2009-Associate Professor (tenured) at The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Molecular Therapeutics, Jupiter, FL.
10/2007- Associate Professor (tenured), The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Program in Pharmacogenomics

8/2003-9/2007 Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine,
1/1999–8/2003 Post-Doc/Assistant Research Professor. [...]

Featuring Dr. Laura Bohn

January’s Story: Decoupling GPCR Pain Therapies from Destructive Side Effects. 
We are pleased to have Dr. Laura Bohn as our “coming soon” featured researcher. 
She caught my attention when she referenced one of our  Opioid Receptor Antibodies in the publication: C. E. Groer, K. Tidgewell, R. A. Moyer, W. W. Harding, R. B. Rothman, T. E. Prisinzano, and L. M. Bohn. An [...]

The Sensory and Autonomic Side of Spinal Cord Injury

About Dr. Matt Ramer

2001-Present-Associate Professor-University of British Columbia and ICORD
Post Doc-King’s College London
PhD.-Physiology-Queen’s College Kingston, Ontario

Matt Ramer Website
Awards and Funding
Email: ramer@icord.org
Lab Members: A. Gaudet, J. Inskip, A. Scott, L. Soril
Finding Fixes for Injured Nerves
I first became aware of Matt’s research in early 2005. This was catalyzed when he kindly shared excellent IHC images his lab [...]

ACIC3 Receptors Knockdown in vivo

Researchers using siRNA complexed with our i-Fect ™ transfection regent have successfully knocked down ASIC3 Receptors in vivo. This publication joins the growing parade (starting with Luo et al, 2005) that reference successful modulation of receptors involved in pain using siRNA complexes. These studies all share animal behavior studies showing a marked change in response to pain [...]

Dr. Philippe Sarret Team and Potential New Pain Targets

Shedding Light on New Pain Pathways

There is no joy in Painville. Our answer to pain is: “make it go away”! It spoils quality of life. The socio-economic costs for treatments, loss of productivity and absenteeism, are measured in billions USD$.
Today, moderate to severe pain is treated mostly with NSAIDs, narcotics or tricyclics (anti-depressants). Properly prescribed, [...]