{"id":628242,"date":"2019-08-22T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=628242"},"modified":"2019-08-22T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:34:00","slug":"scorpion-toxin-that-targets-wasabi-receptor-may-help-solve-mystery-of-chronic-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=628242","title":{"rendered":"Scorpion toxin that targets &#039;wasabi receptor&#039; may help solve mystery of chronic pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the &#8216;wasabi receptor,&#8217; a chemical-sensing protein found in nerve cells that&#8217;s responsible for the sinus-jolting sting of wasabi. Because the toxin triggers a pain response, scientists think it can be used as a tool for studying chronic pain and inflammation, and may eventually lead to the development of new kinds of non-opioid pain relievers.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2019\/08\/190822113400.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Scorpion toxin that targets &#8216;wasabi receptor&#8217; may help solve mystery of chronic pain<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ScienceDaily&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the &#8216;wasabi receptor,&#8217; a chemical-sensing protein found in nerve cells that&#8217;s responsible for the sinus-jolting sting of wasabi. Because the toxin triggers&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genaero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=628242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=628242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=628242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=628242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}