Scott Hansen, PhD
Anesthetics alter the organization of cell membrane lipids to achieve sedation, according to the findings of an important new study.
Since the late 1800s, scientists have known that the potency of a given anesthetic is related to how well it interacts with lipids, but how this relationship affected sedation remained unclear. The authors of a new study used cell biology and genetically modified fruit flies to show that inhaled anesthetics disrupt the organization of lipid