Anesthesiology Research Analysis
Q2 2026 anesthesiology was defined by atomic-level mechanistic pharmacology, organelle-targeted biology, and implementable safety innovations. Structural studies recast ketamine’s action via direct opioid-receptor activation and located a conserved volatile anesthetic pocket on voltage-gated sodium channels, offering blueprints for safer, selective agents. Translational advances spanned non-opioid analgesia (NTSR2 agonism), organ preservation through ferroptosis inhibition on ex situ machine per