Article: New test for presence of nitric oxide could improve medical knowledge.

M2 PRESSWIRE-20 June 2000-US NSF: New test for presence of nitric oxide could improve medical knowledge (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Researchers supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have developed a means to detect nitric oxide that could help improve scientists' understanding of this molecule's role in neurological signaling and other biological functions.

Stephen Lippard, Katherine J. Franz and Nisha Singh of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology synthesized a nitric oxide sensing system that consists of a molecule whose fluorescence switches on when nitric oxide is present. They reported their findings in the June 16 ...

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