Carbon monoxide may protect against MS symptoms
by Roxanne Khamsi 26 January 2007NewScientist.com news service
In a novel experiment, moderate doses of carbon monoxide protected against the symptoms of multiple sclerosis in mice.
Researchers believe that the poisonous gas prevents the development of symptoms, such as paralysis, by stopping harmful molecules called free radicals from forming in the nervous symptom.
Miguel Soares at the Gulbenkian Science Institute in Oeiras, Portugal, and colleagues injected the animals with a protein mixture known to cause experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS).
Ten days later . . . (click title)
1 comment:
Wow, who knew?! Truly amazing stuff, specially if it works.
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