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Why scientists still cannot fully explain anesthesia

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Despite being safely administered to millions of surgical patients globally every single day, medical science still lacks a complete understanding of how general anesthesia actually turns off human consciousness. Doctors know precisely the correct dosages to plunge the brain into a temporary, reversible coma, but the exact molecular mechanisms remain an elusive biological mystery.

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