Stephen Waxman

Yale Medical School; Veterans Affairs Connecticut

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Professor of Neurology at Yale Medical School and Director of the Neuroscience Research Center at Veterans Affairs Connecticut.

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Steven Pete has never felt pain, not even when he broke more than 70 bones in his body. Pam Costa feels pain constantly, even wearing clothes hurts.

How one human gene could lead to the end of pain

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