For killer pain, a killer fish might be the solution.

A dish that’s as risky as it is fancy, fugu must be specially prepared by a licensed chef who knows exactly how to slice the deadly sea critter, and how to remove its toxin-packed liver, ovaries, and other hazardous innards. But on Wednesday, Japanese pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma announced an initiative to make pain killers that work on your neurons the same way fugu poison does.
Except, y’know, it’ll just kill your pain and not you.