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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 14/08/2011 11:36:19

Title: Is the pain perception controlled by your genes?
Post by: thedoc on 14/08/2011 11:36:19

Rare genetic mutations have been known to abolish pain, or to cause permanent agony. But what if subtle differences in genes mean that everyone has a different pain threshold that is hard-wired into their genetics?

Read the article (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/pain-genes-and-perception/) then tell us what you think...