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Published online 15 January 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020114-1
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DREAM raises pain relief hopes
Missing protein leaves mice impervious to pain
Researchers have a new lead for treating pain. A protein called DREAM appears to play a key role in how mice respond to heat, touch and inflammation1.
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