neuropathy

A research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found that conditions known to cause nerve damage, or neuropathy, disrupt a crucial energy-transfer process between special support cells called satellite glial cells (SGCs) and the sensory neurons they surround.  The investigators discovered that the energy producing machinery of cells, known as mitochondria, […]

by Mark Michaud, University of Rochester Medical Center edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Editors’ notes Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new, inexpensive urine test that measures two sugar alcohols, sorbitol and xylitol, is making it easier, faster, and far less expensive to identify a common inherited nerve disorder called SORD-related neuropathy. The test, developed through

by Noah Fromson, University of Michigan edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes Graphical abstract. Credit: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112447 Poor blood sugar control in adolescence increases the risk of painful future complications for people with type 1 diabetes, research co-led by University of Michigan suggests. The study, which followed participants for over

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert, Northeastern University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan   Ganesh Thakur’s lab aims to harness the body’s pain control systems to reduce pain of neuropathy. Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University For people suffering from the burning, tingling and shooting pain of neuropathy, current treatments are limited and often fail to bring lasting relief.