How Anesthesia Affects the Brain
Anesthesia is a critical component of any surgery, but its mechanism and effects remain largely unclear.
Katherine Zhou
March 18, 2012
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Anesthesia is a critical component of any surgery, but its mechanism and effects remain largely unclear.
Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, Jorge Galán, has discovered a sorting platform essential to the ability of Salmonella to infect target cells, a finding that has potential implications in the development of antimicrobial pharmaceutical compounds.
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