Why do some arthritis patients feel pain without inflammation?

A new #NIAMSfunded study used machine learning to suggest an answer: a network of 815 genes that seem to influence sensory nerve growth and pain.

Read the abstract via @sciencemagazine: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

News: Oral contraceptive use may reduce the likelihood of muscle-tendon injuries in young females, according to #NIAMSfunded research from UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Read the #OpenAccess paper via Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/full…

Research news: a #NIAMSfunded study from Cornell University found sex differences in melanocyte stem cell migration rates that suggest a new approach for skin repigmentation in vitiligo.

Read the #OpenAccess paper via Nature Communications: nature.com/articles/s4146…

#MouseModels

The latest recipient of the NIAMS Supplements to Advance Research (STAR) award is Douglas P. Millay, Ph.D. He is a principal investigator of #NIAMSfunded research to decipher the mechanisms of myoblast fusion.

Read more: go.nih.gov/Jdcrz9X