Work from the Pain Genetics Lab has been written about in the following serious journalistic forums:
Wired: J. Walsh. Mice show pain on their faces just like humans. May, 2010.
Maclean's: K. Engelhart. It's like a curse. October, 2009.
Harper's Magazine: G. Critser. Of men and mice: how a twenty-gram rodent conquered the world of science. December, 2007.
U.S. News & World Report: K. Hobson. Hello, his and her healthcare. March, 2006.
The New York Times Magazine: A. Sullivan. Stoic redheads (in "The Year in Ideas"). December, 2005.
The Economist: L. Spinney. Sex and drugs. July, 2005.
Newsweek: C. Kalb. Taking a new look at pain. May, 2003.
Time: L. Williams. Canada>>The Next Generation. April, 2002.
Scientific American Mind I. Wickelgren. I do not feel your pain. Sept./Oct., 2009. I. Wickelgren. The empathy effect. Sept./Oct., 2009. F.B.M. de Waal. Do animals feel empathy? July 24, 2007.
Nature
J. Weaver. Mice pull pained expressions. May 9, 2010. E. Hayden. Sex bias blights drug studies. March, 2010. Click here to view E. Marris. More pain studies needed. March, 2009. Click here to view Mice show empathy. July, 2006.
Annals of Internal Medicine: J. Wilson. The pain divide between men and women. March, 2006.
The Scientist: A. Gawrylewski. The trouble with animal models. July, 2007. Click here to view
B. Roehr. Why sex matters in mouse models. July, 2007. Click here to view
I. Ganguli. Mice show evidence of empathy. June, 2006. Click here to view
The Lancet: J. Bradbury. Why do men and women feel and react to pain differently? May, 2003. Click here to view
British Medical Journal: N. Hawkes. Painkillers "may need to be sex specific." February, 2000. Click here to view
J.A.M.A.: T. Hampton. A world of pain: scientists explore factors controlling pain perception. November, 2006. L. Lamberg. Venus orbits closer to pain than Mars, Rx for one sex may not benefit the other. July, 1998. Click here to view
New Scientist: K. McAlpine. Eye-squint-cheeck-bulge means 'ouch'. May 9, 2010. B. Holmes. Grin and bear it. October, 1997. Click here to view R. Hollingham. In the realm of your senses. January, 2004. Click here to view
Journal of NIH Research: K. Hopkin. Pain in the mouse: searching for pain's genetic roots. October, 1997. N. Touchette. Estrogen signals a novel route to pain relief. April, 1993.
CanWest News Service (May 9, 2010)
UPI (July 5, 2006)
CanWest News Service (June 29, 2006)
CanWest News Service (August 11, 2005)
UPI (March 25, 2003)
Reuters (March, 24, 2003)
UPI (February 20, 2000)
Reuters (February 20, 2000)
Reuters (August 27, 1999)
Work from the Pain Genetics Lab has been referred to numerous times in dozens of newspapers across the world.
