Finally, some progress on a painful condition that’s so often overlooked in women. Researchers at the University of Oxford, in collaboration with 25 teams across the world, have published the largest ever study on the genetic cause of endometriosis.
Their study included DNA from 60,600 women with endometriosis and 701,900 without. It revealed a shared genetic basis for the condition and other types of pain such as migraine, back pain and multi-site pain.
The results open up new avenues for designing medical treatments targeting endometriosis, or repurposing existing pain treatments for it.
