A pain researcher at St. Louis University has received a grant to research a way to stop pain during chemotherapy treatments, according to an STL Today report.
Daniela Salvemini, associate professor of pharmacological and physiological science at the SLU School of Medicine, identified two chemicals — peroxynitrite and sphingolipids — as the root of pain experienced by chemotherapy patients. Ms. Salvemini will use the $126,500 grant from the Mayday Fund to detect the onset of these chemicals in body fluids. If physicians are able to detect these chemicals early on, she said, they can more effectively identify and treat the pain associated with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
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Daniela Salvemini, associate professor of pharmacological and physiological science at the SLU School of Medicine, identified two chemicals — peroxynitrite and sphingolipids — as the root of pain experienced by chemotherapy patients. Ms. Salvemini will use the $126,500 grant from the Mayday Fund to detect the onset of these chemicals in body fluids. If physicians are able to detect these chemicals early on, she said, they can more effectively identify and treat the pain associated with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
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