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Opioid addiction often begins innocently enough, with a doctor’s prescription for chronic pain. One of the most common culprits is low back pain. UNL biomedical engineer Rebecca Wachs is using an award from the National Science Foundation’s to develop a treatment for low back pain. More details at: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/nsf-award-supports-first-of-its-kind-back-pain-study/