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SirFrancisBacon
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Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva
#6281135 - 11/14/06 12:14 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10514&feedId=online-news_rss20
Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva
* 22:00 13 November 2006 * NewScientist.com news service * Andy Coghlan
Saliva from humans has yielded a natural painkiller up to six times more powerful than morphine, researchers say.
The substance, dubbed opiorphin, may spawn a new generation of natural painkillers that relieve pain as well as morphine but without the addictive and psychological side effects of the traditional drug.
When the researchers injected a pain-inducing chemical into rats’ paws, 1 gram of opiorphin per kilogram of body weight achieved the same painkilling effect as 3 grams of morphine.
The substance was so successful at blocking pain that, in a test involving a platform of upended pins, the rats needed six times as much morphine as opiorphin to render them oblivious to the pain of standing on the needle points. Anti-depressive angle
“Its pain-suppressive effect is like that of morphine,” says Catherine Rougeot at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, who led the research. “But we have to test its side effects as it is not a pure painkiller,” she says. “It may also be an anti-depressive molecule.”
Rougeot and colleagues discovered that opiorphin works in nerve cells of the spine by stopping the usual destruction of natural pain-killing opiates there, called enkephalins.
Opiorphin is such a simple molecule that it should be possible to synthesise it and produce large quantities without having to isolate it from saliva, Rougeot explains. Alternatively, it might be possible to find drugs which trigger patients’ bodies to produce more of the molecule themselves.
Journal reference: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (vol 103, p 17979)
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tools_n_corpses
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: SirFrancisBacon]
#6281411 - 11/14/06 03:29 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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How do I extract it? And will my saliva become an illegal substance? It's already enough trouble draining all the DMT from my brain every morning.
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: tools_n_corpses]
#6281436 - 11/14/06 04:28 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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They make mice stand on needle points?
Well that's kind of fucked up.
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: flower_child]
#6281453 - 11/14/06 05:04 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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Anything it takes to make spit illegal. that's kinda weird that it took that long to figure this out if it's legit
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: cookeman]
#6281865 - 11/14/06 10:03 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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so wait, my mommys kisses really DID make it better?
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Ego Death
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: SirFrancisBacon]
#6282009 - 11/14/06 11:04 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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>opiorphin
What a shat name. Makes it sound like an opiod.
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: Ego Death]
#6282070 - 11/14/06 11:18 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hurry up and synthesize please. Thanks
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: flower_child]
#6282118 - 11/14/06 11:34 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
flower_child said: They make mice stand on needle points?
Well that's kind of fucked up.
Indeed
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: Ojom]
#6282387 - 11/14/06 01:00 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ok, so time to start collecting spit while waiting on an extraction technique lol
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: dedjam]
#6282528 - 11/14/06 01:47 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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Wonder what the % it is in the saliva... I can see it now can o' spit for 20 bucks all day buzz.
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Edited by grimR (11/14/06 01:48 PM)
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: grimR]
#6283266 - 11/14/06 05:06 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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Keep in mind that this isn't like morphine times 6 as far as being stoned. It's not going to fuck you up. It's just going to take away pain if you're actually having pain. Don't get all excited...
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: Lily_Morgan]
#6283387 - 11/14/06 05:52 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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how do you know!?
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: drugsaregoodmmk]
#6283408 - 11/14/06 05:58 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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I won't to be the first one to try it. Where do I sign up for it.
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: Ego Death]
#6283643 - 11/14/06 07:27 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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">opiorphin
What a shat name. Makes it sound like an opiod. "
That's intentional dude, it is like an opioid. It's an endogenous peptide that activates opioid receptors - this group of molecules are known as endorphins (and enkephalins), hence the name.
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: SirFrancisBacon]
#6285033 - 11/15/06 06:06 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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No wonder humans fall in love after swapping spit.
I have a feeling there's a whole lot more that will come from this study.
is pussy juice saliva?
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: Stein]
#6285409 - 11/15/06 09:42 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sure
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#6287093 - 11/15/06 06:56 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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I got a cure for the common cold in my seamen.
any takers?
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Re: Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva [Re: S33D]
#6287804 - 11/15/06 10:07 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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semen actually makes a person's skin glow when they ingest it. if women want to keep their youthful appearance, it is wise to ingest fresh sperm.
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