ScienceDaily: Researchers Explain Carbon Monoxide's Anti-inflammatory Effects

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Researchers Explain Carbon Monoxide's Anti-inflammatory Effects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070330092813.htm

Scientists from Harvard and the University of Pittsburgh have shown for the

first time that anti-inflammatory effects of CO originate within cells' own

molecular engines, mitochondria. Specifically, mitochondria react to low levels

of CO by releasing chemical signals that reduce or shut down the body's

inflammatory response, raising possibilities for development of new

anti-inflammatory therapies, one of which may be low levels of inhaled CO.

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