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Developing treatment strategies for an understudied bladder disease

Electroacupuncture is an effective approach for alleviating pain and improving bladder function in a rat model of bladder pain syndrome.Peer-Reviewed Publication Society for Neuroscience FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail image:  This schematic depicts the mechanism through which electroacupuncture nerve stimulation therapy may work: It targets the BDNF-TrKB pathway in the spinal dorsal horn to reduce chronic pain.view more  Credit: Su...

Medical “microrobots” could one day treat bladder disease, other human illnesses
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Medical “microrobots” could one day treat bladder disease, other human illnesses

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER IMAGE: MEDICAL “MICROROBOTS” COULD ONE DAY DELIVER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THROUGHOUT THE HUMAN BODY. CREDIT: SHIELDS LAB A team of engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has designed a new class of tiny, self-propelled robots that can zip through liquid at incredible speeds—and may one day even deliver prescription drugs...