I am glad to share our recent work, now published in Cell! A @zenbrainest.bsky.social and Scherrer lab collaboration developing and validating a new peripherally restricted DREADD system! Great team work with Hye Jin Kang, Brian Krumm, @adrtas.bsky.social, and others
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Kang et al. present HCAD, a peripherally restricted DREADD based on HCA2, with a chemical actuator that avoids crossing the blood-brain barrier and selectively reduces pain in mice. This system will enable the study of peripheral physiology without affecting the central nervous system.