New hope for sufferers of overactive bladder

It’s an embarrassing condition affecting hundreds of thousands of Australians, yet it’s something no-one likes to talk about. Now sufferers of overactive bladder have been given hope of a more effective treatment following a breakthrough by UNSW medical researchers.

RESEARCH PAPER
Release of ATP from rat urinary bladder mucosa: role of acid, vanilloids and stretch
P Sadananda, F Shang, L Liu, KJ Mansfield, E Burcher
British Journal of Pharmacology (2009)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00431.x
 

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