Chemical that fends off harm to organs: Purines fend off surgery-related damage
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Anesthesia is quite safe these days. But sometimes putting a patient under to fix one problem, such as heart damage, can harm a different organ, such as a kidney. Now a group of researchers has found a group of molecules -- called purines -- that fend off damage during anesthesia.