[shove_it]

Full Headline: 'Off switch' for pain discovered: Activating the adenosine A3 receptor subtype is key to powerful pain relief

[jsanders2001]

Soon to be used on the battlefield to create zombie soldiers?

[tired&retired]

NO Brain... NO Pain!!!

[fhayek]

Nice. But isn’t this a little like putting a piece of electrical tape over your ‘check engine light’?

[shove_it]

Good news for KenyanKare death panels.

[vladimir998]

We can switch off Obama?

[Lazamataz]

This will be useful for me as I transform into the Metallic Robotic Warlord Zombie Soldier, for when I finally take over Earth.

I intend to replace my head with Richard Nixon's, too.

[smoothsailing]

[RegulatorCountry]

If the process of blocking pain via this method is reasonably instantaneous, I can see a lot of benefit with surgery. Deaths from anaesthesia could become a thing of the past.

Also, the various neuropathies as well as other forms of debilitating chronic pain could be alleviated. Phantom pain from a lost limb, for instance.

[ElkGroveDan]

'Off switch' for pain discovered

'twas invented in Ireland long ago. My ancestors called it "The Water of Life." Had some last night while we were waiting for the turkey.

[Taffini]

hope this works

[ClearCase_guy]

[Ditter]

My daughter was telling me yesterday that a friend of hers who's ankle was injured/broken in the military and the pain cannot be controlled is getting something surgically implanted in her back. I hope whatever it is, that it works for her.

[jwalsh07]

At certain levels pain just becomes the norm and life goes on. At extreme levels as in disc sitting on a nerve the pain is totally debilitating and prescription level opioids do not really touch it much but they do shut down your excretory functions to complicate things. Turning that pain off until the pain level reaches a tolerable level would be an awesome advance in the medical field.

[JimRed]

Good, and bad. Pain can be a warning that may be life saving.

[JimRed]

A former Marine acquaintance of mine recently wore a T shirt with the USMC logo and the statement that “Pain is weakness leaving the body”.

[Larry Lucido]

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