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皮肤瘙痒是个普通的问题，严重的皮肤瘙痒可能影响睡眠，或者由于过度的挠抓，导致皮肤破裂。现在科学家已经发现了一个新的方法去治愈皮肤瘙痒。这个报告指出，他们发现一个基因，能够传递痒信号沿着脊髓到达大脑，这是在中央神经系统中对痒的感觉的第一次基因界定。

A team led by Roufangchang zhou-Fengchen at Washington university school of medicine in Pulison MeaserealSaintLouis, Missouri, made the discovery in mice, the study appeared last week in the Journal Nature .

在密苏里州、圣路易斯的华盛顿大学医学院，周峰晨领导的研究小组在老鼠发现这个结论，这个研究报告上星期发表在自然杂质上。

The gene is called GRPR for guestingastrin-releasing pipetiem peptide receptor, this gene has been studied for years, but scientist did not know it was linked to itching, The Washington University researchers say they discovered the connection by accident while searching for genes linked to pain.

这个基因被称为“GRPR”胃泌素释放，缩氨酸接收器，这个基因已经研究了很多年，但是科学家并不知道这个发痒有直接的联系，华盛顿大学的研究者指出当他们研究疼痛和基因的联系时偶然发现了他们之间的联系。

During thetheir experiments they gave itch-causing substances to some laboratory mice, they found that mice without the GRPR gene scratch much less than normal mice with the gene, however, the animals reacted to pain in the same way as normal mice.

在他们实验中，他们给实验室的老鼠增加一些致笑物质，它们发现，没有GRPR基因的老鼠挠抓的频率比还有GRPR基因的老鼠多，然而，对疼痛的动物反映和正常的老鼠没有区别。