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Open Access 01-12-2011 | Commentary

Molecules, magic and forgetful fruit flies: the supernatural science of medical gas research

Author: George Mychaskiw II

Published in: Medical Gas Research | Issue 1/2011

Abstract

Medical gas research often involves the study of molecules under extraphysiologic conditions, that is, conditions that do not exist in nature. This "supernatural" nature of medical gas research sometimes produces results that appear to be almost "magic" to those schooled in traditional physiology

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".

-Arthur C. Clarke

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Title: Molecules, magic and forgetful fruit flies: the supernatural science of medical gas research
Author: George Mychaskiw II
Publication date: 01-12-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Medical Gas Research / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 2045-9912
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2045-9912-1-23

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