2/20/2014 – Light Therapy Changes the Way Mice Feel Pain

Scientists were able to control the way mice sensed pain after modifying them with gene therapy and shining light on their paws.

Right now these mice are helping scientists to study pain—how and why it occurs and why some people feel it so intensely without any obvious injury. But Scott Delp, a professor of bioengineering and mechanical engineering at Stanford University and a Center on Longevity faculty affiliate, hopes one day the work he does with these mice could also help treat people who are in chronic, debilitating pain.

Read the full article at Futurity.