Zhou-Feng Chen and Devin M. Barry (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Zhou-Feng Chen and Devin M. Barry

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Zhou-Feng Chen, Ph.D. (left), director of the Center for the Study of Itch at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and postdoctoral research scholar Devin M. Barry, Ph.D., have found that certain pathways in the sensory neurons of mice can work together to transmit itch signals. The discovery may help scientists find more effective ways to make itching stop.

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