# The single-cell transcriptomic atlas iPain identifies senescence of nociceptors as a therapeutical target for chronic pain treatment

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Featured as an Editor’s Pick on this week’s edition Papers of the Week, check out [iPain](https://cellxgene.cziscience.com/collections/03608e22-227a-4492-910b-3cb3f16f952e), a single-cell transcriptomic atlas available on the CELLxGENE browser, that has been used to study chronic pain progression in dorsal root and trigeminal ganglia.

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> Chronic pain remains a significant medical challenge with complex underlying mechanisms, and an urgent need for new treatments. Our research built and utilized the iPain single-cell atlas to study chronic \[…\]