Press Release No. 15
Berlin
DRASIC the Yin and Yang of Touch and Pain
Our senses of touch and pain, opposites one might think, have something in common, an ion channel called DRASIC. DRASIC, which stands for dorsal root ganglion acid sensitive channel, has just been shown to be critical for both these senses as reported by a research group led by Gary Lewin at the Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin-Buch together with an American group led by Michael Welsh at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, USA.