New gene-therapy eases chronic pain in dogs—human trials underway

New gene-therapy eases chronic pain in dogs—human trials underway

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https://phys.org/news/2018-10-gene-therapy-eases-chronic-pain-dogshuman.html

"Sometimes he would just stop walking and I'd have to carry him home," recalls Sargent, who has epilepsy and relies on her walks with Shane to help keep her seizures under control. "It was a struggle to see him in that much pain."

Today, 10-year-old Shane's pain and reliance on medication have been dramatically reduced and he's bounding around like a puppy again, 18 months after receiving a single shot of an experimental gene-therapy invented by CU Boulder neuroscientist Linda Watkins

New gene-therapy eases chronic pain in dogs—human trials underway

Oct 30, 2018, 1:22pm UTC
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-gene-therapy-eases-chronic-pain-dogshuman.html > "Sometimes he would just stop walking and I'd have to carry him home," recalls Sargent, who has epilepsy and relies on her walks with Shane to help keep her seizures under control. "It was a struggle to see him in that much pain." > Today, 10-year-old Shane's pain and reliance on medication have been dramatically reduced and he's bounding around like a puppy again, 18 months after receiving a single shot of an experimental gene-therapy invented by CU Boulder neuroscientist Linda Watkins