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Scientists Find New Painkiller From Saliva

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hard-to-swallow dept.

dptalia writes "Scientists have found a new pain killer based on human saliva. Apparently 1 gram of the new drug provides as much pain blocking as 3 grams of morphine. The drug blocks the breakdown of the body's natural pain killing mechanism. Scientists say the molecule is simple and synthesis is expected to be simple."

6 of 398 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Those poor rats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can we have a mod for -1 Crackpot?

  2. Re:Indeed by EinZweiDrei · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Has the definition of 'troll' changed while I was at work?

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  3. In Soviet Russia,... by OneSmartFellow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    saliva kills YOU !!

  4. Oh great... by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just when they were about to loosen their restrictions on bringing fluids onto a plain...

    I can see it now:
    TSA gate-thug: "Sir, please spit into the garbage bag."
    Me: "I... haff... no.. mo... thaliva..."
    TSA gate-thug: "Don't get sassy with me! Spit!"
    Me: "I'll try... Thee? Nothing!"
    TSA gate-thug: "Supervisor! We've got a wet one! CODE RED!!!"

  5. Opiorphin - only MSN has it by 4D6963 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In an almost off-topic manner, the molecule talked about here, opiorphin, is unknown by Google and Yahoo!, and MSN finds 5 results for it, 2 of them being relevant articles in english.

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  6. MOD UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    goddammit where are my mod points?!