Acupuncture's Molecular Effects Pinned Down: New Insights Spur Effort to Boost Treatm

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ScienceDaily (May 31, 2010) — Scientists have taken another important step toward understanding just how sticking needles into the body can ease pain.

In a paper published online May 30 in Nature Neuroscience, a team at the University of Rochester Medical Center identifies the molecule adenosine as a central player in parlaying some of the effects of acupuncture in the body. Building on that knowledge, scientists were able to triple the beneficial effects of acupuncture in mice by adding a medication approved to treat leukemia in people.
The research focuses on adenosine, a natural compound known for its role in regulating sleep, for its effects on the heart, and for its anti-inflammatory properties. But adenosine also acts as a natural painkiller, becoming active in the skin after an injury to inhibit nerve signals and ease pain in a way similar to lidocaine.


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This is good to know! I have always thought that if medicine took acupuncture more seriously, they would be able to find scientific reasons for it to work. It has been around for too many centuries to not be effective. Anyway, that is how I think.
 
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