Pleasure and pain: tiny worm reveals secret to protecting skin sensations
January 30, 2026
January 30, 2026
BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 30 -- The University of Queensland posted the following news:
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Pleasure and pain: tiny worm reveals secret to protecting skin sensations
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A tiny roundworm has helped University of Queensland scientists uncover miniscule structures in skin tissue that may protect the body's ability to feel temperature, touch and pain.
The research changes a decade of scientific thinking on the way sensory nerve . . .
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Pleasure and pain: tiny worm reveals secret to protecting skin sensations
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A tiny roundworm has helped University of Queensland scientists uncover miniscule structures in skin tissue that may protect the body's ability to feel temperature, touch and pain.
The research changes a decade of scientific thinking on the way sensory nerve . . .