Targeting pain signals in the cell to improve pain management
26 May 2025
From basic research on the control of cellular energy production, Dr. Thomas Simmen has been able to find one of these mechanisms. Given that pain sensation requires controlled cellular energy production, he collaborated with Dr. Bradley Kerr in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Based on these previous findings, Dr. Aislinn Maguire, a recently graduated student in the Kerr lab, has found a way to block that mechanism and, in effect, pain. They have published their findings in the journal, Anesthesiology.