Daniele Piomelli, PhD (IMAGE)

University of California - Irvine

Daniele Piomelli, PhD

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“This study is the first to identify that NAAA, a previously unrecognized control node, can be effectively targeted by small-molecule therapeutics that inhibit this enzyme, and block the transition from acute to chronic pain,” said Daniele Piomelli, PhD, Distinguished Professor in the UCI School of Medicine Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology.

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