http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/20328 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/simple-bedside-test-improves-diagnosis-chronic-back-pain <!--paging_filter--><p>A simple and inexpensive method of assessing pain, developed by Harvard researchers at <a title="Massachusetts General Hospital" href="http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/directory/programs/massachusetts-general-hospital">Massachusetts General Hospital</a> (MGH), is better than currently used techniques for distinguishing neuropathic pain – pain caused by damage to the nervous system — from other types of chronic back pain.&nbsp; Being able to more precisely determine the underlying nature of the pain is essential to choosing the best treatment.&nbsp; The <a title="report" href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000047">report</a> appears in tomorrow's edition of the open-access journal PLoS Medicine. <br /><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/simple-bedside-test-improves-diagnosis-chronic-back-pain">read more</a></p> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:07:59 -0400 50443248 20702 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/glaxosmithkline-and-harvard-stem-cell-institute-announce-major-collaboration-ag <!--paging_filter--><p><a title="" href="http://www.gsk.com/research/index.html">GlaxoSmithKline</a> (GSK) and the <a title="" href="http://www.hsci.harvard.edu">Harvard Stem Cell Institute</a> (HSCI) today announced that they have entered into a five-year, $25 million-plus collaborative agreement to build a unique alliance in stem cell science to hasten the development of treatments and cures for a range of diseases.</p><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/glaxosmithkline-and-harvard-stem-cell-institute-announce-major-collaboration-ag">read more</a></p> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:00:05 -0400 404132862 20327 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu