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Anesthesia technology precisely controls unconsciousness in animal tests | MIT News

If anesthesiologists had a rigorous means to manage dosing, they could deliver less medicine, maintaining exactly the right depth of unconsciousness while reducing postoperative cognitive side effects in vulnerable groups like the elderly. But with myriad responsibilities for keeping anesthetized patients alive and stable as well as maintaining their profoundly unconscious state, anesthesiologists don’t have […]

Testing drugs on animals could end. When will the technology be ready?

On today’s episode of the 5 Things podcast: A bill became law late last year that could mean the end of testing drugs on animals eventually. It’s called the FDA Modernization Act 2.0. The law has bipartisan support. Seven republican senators led by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, three democrats including Senator Cory Booker of […]

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