Scientists at the University of Cambridge in England studying the HCN2 gene, which is expressed in pain-sensitive nerve endings, have published their findings in the journal Science.
Engineering the removal of the HCN2 gene from pain-sensitive nerves in mice, researchers carried out studies using electrical stimuli on these nerves in cell cultures to determine how their properties were affected.
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