Chemists build an ‘off’ switch for pain
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 10:01
in Biology & Nature
The notion of a pain switch is an alluring idea, but is it realistic? Well, chemists have now shown in laboratory experiments that it is possible to inhibit the activity of pain-sensitive neurons...
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