Text: “Can a dangerous microbe offer a new way to silence pain?” Science Daily. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/success-fail-why-outliers-people-communities-nudges
Extract: “A new study shows that a toxin from the microbe that causes anthrax can silence multiple types of pain in mice. Researchers found the toxin targets pain-sensing cells to alter signaling and block pain. Building on that finding, researchers engineered an anthrax protein vehicle to deliver different types of treatments into pain receptors and modulate nerve-cell function. The findings can inform the design of therapies that selectively target pain-sensing fibers without the widespread systemic effects of opioids and other pain killers.”
There are some areas of scientific research where there is an overlap between the natural and human sciences. These areas are a great way to approach prescribed title #3.