9/09/2011 PERMALINK
HCN2 gene mod promises to put an end to your chronic back, arthritic and headache pain. Deleting the HCN2 gene stops chronic pain without affecting acute pain reception, says researcher Peter McNaughton at the University of Cambridge. The research promises an end to the kind of chronic lower back, arthritic and headache pain experienced by millions, especially as we age. Now that the HCN2 regulator of chronic pain gene has been identified, compounds that block the protein it produces can be developed and gene mods to permanently prevent chronic pain are possible.