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- Scottish researchers identified 71-year-old Jo Cameron with a previously unknown mutation that eliminates pain and speeds healing.
- The mutation disables the FAAH gene via a new regulator, Faah-Out, which switches FAAH activity off.
- Doctors say half of the 330 million surgery patients suffer moderate-to-severe pain, viewing the finding as a path to novel analgesics.
