IIT Mandi Scientists Discover Cellular Signature Of Anaesthesia In Plants, Challenging Ideas On Consciousness

<p><strong>Mandi/Shimla:</strong> In a major breakthrough in plant research, scientists at IIT Mandi said they have discovered the cellular signature of the anaesthetised state in plants, a finding forcing scientists to "rethink the anaesthetised state of consciousness".</p> <p>A cellular signature is a unique identifying pattern of biomolecules such as genes, proteins, cellular behaviours or glycans (complex carbohydrate structures composed of simple sugar molecules linked into linear or highly