Rice University: Study Shows Why Anesthetic Stops Cell's Walkers in Their Tracks
January 29, 2021
January 29, 2021
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 29 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release:
Like a wrench that gums up the gears, a common anesthetic keeps the motor proteins in your cells from making their rounds.
This is not necessarily a bad thing, but how it works has been a mystery until now.
Researchers at Rice's Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) detail the mechanism that allows propofol -- the general anesthetic injected to knock you out be . . .
Like a wrench that gums up the gears, a common anesthetic keeps the motor proteins in your cells from making their rounds.
This is not necessarily a bad thing, but how it works has been a mystery until now.
Researchers at Rice's Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) detail the mechanism that allows propofol -- the general anesthetic injected to knock you out be . . .