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Anesthesia

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How the Brain Gains and Loses Consciousness - Mass. Institute of Tech.

Since the mid-1800s, doctors have used drugs to induce general anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery. Despite their widespread use, little is known about how these drugs create such a...

When Anesthesia Wears Off... During Surgery - Joshua Lang, The Atlantic

Since its introduction in 1846, anesthesia has allowed for medical miracles. Limbs can be removed, tumors examined, organs replaced—and a patient will feel and remember nothing. Or...

Is There a Better Way to Euthanize Lab Rats? - Daniel Cressey, Nature

One particularly fraught challenge for animal research is finding humane ways to kill the vast numbers of rodents that are used in experiments every year. Now, a Vancouver-based team...

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