No, these are two different stories. The story you point out refers to the use of capsaicin in combination with a type of lignocaine to prevent pain, with trials expected in 2 years, whereas the /. story I sent refers to an ongoing experiment with multiple patient trials using pure capsaicin to numb nerve endings for weeks at a time.
Cheeni On Oct 31, 2007 1:45 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/31/07, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To satisfy Udhay's capsaicin fetish... > > > > http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/196215 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/22307 > > :-) > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > >
