Qatar University College of Medicine (QU-CMED) Professor of Biochemistry, Prof Bared Safieh-Garabedian was recently invited as Visiting Distinguished Faculty to give a lecture at the Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies, Certosa di Pontignano, Italy, among an array of international speakers from France, Germany, Sweden, UK, and the USA.
Around 40 postdoctoral scientists and clinicians from around the world attended the stimulating course entitled “Chronic Pain: Plasticity and Therapeutic Perspectives” that ran presentations over a period of seven days where Prof Bared presented his lecture on “Inflammation and Chronic Pain”. He discussed the different components of inflammation and how targeting inflammatory mediators might result in novel therapeutic approaches in neuropathic pain.
Prof Bared noted that unresolved inflammatory reactions can contribute to several pathological states.
“A common underlying mechanism of neuropathic pain is the presence of inflammation at the site of the damaged or affected nerve(s). This inflammatory response, especially when unresolved, initiates and maintains a cascade of events resulting in the activation of innate immune cells at the site of tissue injury.”
Prof Bared noted that neuropathic pain, unlike acute pain, is considered to be pathological in nature.
