New long-acting local anesthetic derived from algae effectively blocks pain in surgical patients

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 13:10 in Health & Medicine

Boston, MA -- A U.S.-Chile collaboration is bringing surgical patients closer to having a long-acting local anesthetic. In a randomized, double-blind trial, patients given neosaxitoxin, a new local...

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