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2019-03-29 Science & Technology

Gene mutation in woman who feels no pain offers hope for future pain treatment

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-29 08:31|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Feeling no pain in Scotland. Been there, done that. Hope to yet do it again !

Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-29 08:36|| 2019-03-29 08:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Oban ...Scotland's Big Pharma

Posted by Warthog 2019-03-29 10:16|| 2019-03-29 10:16|| Front Page Top

#3 They make her condition sound wonderful but in reality it's horrible. You have to check, visually every day for nicks, cuts or any wound. People with this condition many times die from something that if they felt pain, they would have noticed and sought treatment.

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-03-29 12:36|| 2019-03-29 12:36|| Front Page Top

#4 It is horrible, but at the same time, studying it may, as indicated in the article, may offer a great deal of insight into our genes and into future painkiller developments. Similar to how that man in the 1800s who miraculously survived having a railroad spike driven through him (his head I think) led to a number of medical developments.

Posted by Vernal Hatrack2366 2019-03-29 13:12|| 2019-03-29 13:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, the device punched through the man's skull was a "tamping bar" - a 3.5' long, 1.25" diameter, 13-pound steel bar used to tamp black powder into blast holes. Guess what happened?.

Phineas Gage

Posted by Bobby 2019-03-29 16:00|| 2019-03-29 16:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Thanks for the link! It was a fascinating case, but I was taught about it as a child and couldn't recall much more about it than what I said.

Posted by Vernal Hatrack2366 2019-03-29 16:22|| 2019-03-29 16:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Laphroaig has that effect in sufficient quantities.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2019-03-29 19:23|| 2019-03-29 19:23|| Front Page Top

#8 What?

Posted by Frank G 2019-03-29 20:02|| 2019-03-29 20:02|| Front Page Top

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