Treatment for Chronic Pain — In Pets and People

Fortunately, what happens in Las Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas, especially for animals and people with chronic pain.

Linda Watkins, a neuroscience and psychology professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, was speaking at an international conference in the Nevada city in 2010; her presentation on groundbreaking chronic pain management research for people got the attention of Robert Landry, a Lafayette, Colo.-based veterinarian who was attending the meeting.

After hearing about Watkins’ innovative research into glial cells — cells that surround neurons in humans’ and animals’ brains and spinal cords — Landry approached her, and they began discussing how to…