{
  "id": 12439831,
  "title": "Blocking a nerve protein could interrupt chronic pain rather than simply mask it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/blocking-a-nerve-protein-could-interrupt-chronic-pain-rather-than",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T18:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-blocking-nerve-protein-chronic-pain.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chronic pain can continue long after an initial injury. When a nerve outside the brain and spinal cord (a peripheral nerve) is damaged and does not heal properly, it keeps sending constant pain signals. Over time, this nonstop bombardment of pain signals changes how your spinal cord and brain process information as sensory and emotion-associated circuits become hyperreactive, turning up the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}