Most local anesthetics act by abolishing voltage gated sodium channel currents indiscriminately in all populations of neurons. Selective analgesia through TRPV1-mediated entry of a cationic lidocaine derivative, QX314, was recently reported. CAY10568 is a physically smaller, less hydrophobic version of QX314...

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) catalyzes the committed step of the conversion of saturated, long-chain fatty acids to monounsaturated fatty acids. The SCD1 gene is thought to play a key role in lipid homeostasis and body weight regulation. Thus, modulating SCD1 activity pharmacologically may be a useful tool for...