Brushing up against a stinging tree is no pleasant experience, but these inflictors of pain may also hold the key to unlocking new treatments for pain, researchers at Australia’s University of Queensland (UQ) have found.
The team from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience, including Dr. Sam Robinson, studied toxins from both Australian and New Zealand species, discovering that their nettle toxins activate pain receptors in ways not previously understood.
