University of Arizona

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Amount: $100000

Award Date: 2025

Duration: 18 months

Program Area: Bioscience

Translational Seed Grant: The team has developed a technology that uses green light-emitting diode technology to provide pain treatment. The technology changes the function of the parts of the brain that are involved in recognizing pain through either a panel of green lights or through green light-emitting eyewear. There is a clinical need to innovate pain management while reducing use of opioids. By offering a non-drug-based treatment option, the team hopes to reduce the risk of opioid addiction and improve chronic pain care.