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On September 30, 2017 the FP7 funded research project ncRNAPain officially came to an end. After a very fruitful period of 48 months the project’s final report provides an overview on the project’s context and objectives, highlights the remarkable results achieved within ncRNAPain and gives an outlook on the project’s long term vision and impact. Although officially closed, ncRNAPain partners...

On September 25, 2017, the ncRNAPain consortium came together one last time, this time on the premises of partner Eurice in Berlin. A significant number of participants from all partner organisations gathered once more to address and discuss the importance of miRs and novel ncRNAs in pain syndromes. Four years after the start of the project, partners concluded the project by presenting their...

ncRNAPain partner CEITEC Masaryk University Brno – University Hospital announces publication of  “Sensory phenotype and risk factors for painful diabetic neuropathy: a cross sectional observational study.” in Pain – the Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain, [Epub] August 2017. The article presents the results of the ncRNAPain observational, cross-sectional,...

On 30th March 2017, the University Medical Centre Mainz, Germany, hosted the annual interim progress meeting within the ncRNAPain project. Work results as presented by the team members showed the remarkable progress made within ncRNAPain during the 42 months of the project. Achievements and next steps to move forward towards the project’s goal during the last 6 months of the project were actively...

In the first 36 months of the project lifetime, a number of important tasks have been achieved by all the partner institutes, at each clinical- & pre-clinical-site and through collaboration which will enable the completion of the objectives, tasks, milestones and deliverables of the project. A second executive summary provides an overview on the project’s context and objectives, highlights...

From 3rd to 4th November 2016, the ncRNAPain consortium followed the invitation of their coordinator, Michaela Kress, to Innsbruck, Austria, where they gathered for their annual meeting at the Medizinische Universitaet Innsbruck. Prof Kress was very pleased to welcome the international consortium for two days of intense work, assessing the results achieved and deciding on the steps towards...

Members of the ncRNAPain consortium prominently contributed to the 16th World Congress on Pain of the International Association for the Study of Pain (ISAP) took place in Yokohama on September 26 – October 1, 2016. This biennial event is the most important congress in the fields of research and treatment of pain and attracts international scientists from all over the world. As Chair of the...