NO use: nitric oxide. (use of nitric oxide in the body)

The Economist (US);  September 26, 1992 ;     683 words ...UNLIKE its near namesake nitrous oxide, nitric oxide is no cause for laughter: it produces...biochemists have started to find that nitric oxide does apparently useful things in people...researchers' surprise. This is not because nitric oxide can be poisonous - as Paracelsus observed...

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

M2 Presswire;  June 20, 2000 ;     474 words ......2000-US NSF: New test for presence of nitric oxide could improve medical knowledge (C)1994-20...NSF) have developed a means to detect nitric oxide that could help improve scientists...Institute of Technology synthesized a nitric oxide sensing system that consists of a molecule...

FOCUS ON SNAILS: LEISE WILL DO STUDY ON NITRIC OXIDE.(PEOPLE & PLACES)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  June 11, 1997 ;     273 words ......federal grant to study the molecule nitric oxide, which may play a key role in regulating...National Science Foundation for the study Nitric Oxide Inhibition of Molluscan Metamorphosis. Nitric oxide also may play a key role in metamorphosis...

Nitric oxide: A challenge to chiropractic

The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Medicine recognized the biological significance of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is derived from the amino acid arginine. It is...for new medications such as Sildenafil (Viagra). Nitric oxide acts as a neurotransmitter and can modulate many...

Nitric oxide in Asians misleads asthma tests

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  January 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the key chemical marker for asthma, nitric oxide, occurs in the breath of Asian children...allergy and asthma specialist, said nitric oxide monitoring is an important procedure...Service Association. HMSA does not cover nitric oxide measurements because they are considered...

Unraveling the Source of Nitric Oxide Emission During Nitrification

Water Environment Research;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT: Nitric oxide production was measured during nitrification...metabolic pathway is responsible for nitric oxide emission during nitrification. Simulation...which pathway is the main source of nitric oxide emission, based on the following...

Doubts surface on treating tiny babies with nitric oxide.(New England...

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  July 8, 2005 ;     556 words ......fuel to a debate over whether breathing nitric oxide can benefit premature infants, two new...infants who had received small amounts of nitric oxide to treat underdeveloped lungs were less...impairment, found that those who inhaled nitric oxide and those who did not were equally ...

Warning over Nitric Oxide for Lung Injury Patients

AANA Journal;  May 1, 2007 ;     177 words ...Use of nitric oxide in patients with acute lung injury...ARDS) are often treated with inhaled nitric oxide, despite no clear supporting evidence...2003 concluded that the effects of nitric oxide were uncertain. Researchers reviewed...

Nitric oxide keeps arteries plaque-free

USA Today;  February 1, 1996 ;     296 words ......artery-clearing strategy-adding a little nitric oxide gas to the bloodstream. The gas fights...internal lining of healthy arteries produce nitric oxide, which triggers the blood vessels to...produce lower-than-normal levels of nitric oxide. "Production of nitric oxide ...

NITRIC OXIDE KEY TO NEWBORN LUNG CONDITION

United Press International;  June 13, 2001 ;     658 words ...United Press International 06-13-2001 Nitric oxide key to newborn lung condition NASHVILLE...COMTEX) -- Scientists say a lack of nitric oxide is the key to understanding why newborn...the ability to generate the compound nitric oxide and development of the newborn disorder...

Study cautions over using nitric oxide for lung injury patients

The Hindustan Times;  March 23, 2007 ;     237 words ......recent study has revealed that the use of nitric oxide in treating acute lung injury patients...warned doctors all over the world that nitric oxide improves oxygenation but not mortality...ARDS) patients are treated with inhaled nitric oxide by many doctors, despite no clear ...

Research finds nitric oxide aids preemies

Daily Breeze;  November 28, 2003 ;     464 words ......problems. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Giving nitric oxide to premature babies with breathing trouble...major benefits from giving a low dose of nitric oxide gas to premature newborns with respiratory...breathing machine. The preemies breathing nitric oxide were 47 percent less likely to ...

Study: Nitric oxide aids some preemies; Gas can reduce risk of death and...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 28, 2003 ;     467 words ...Giving nitric oxide to premature babies with breathing...benefits from giving a low dose of nitric oxide gas to premature newborns with respiratory...breathing machine. The preemies breathing nitric oxide were 47 percent less likely to develop...

Nitric oxide may help some premature babies, studies find.

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  July 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......lifelong, disabling lung disease if nitric oxide is pumped into their lungs, two national...Roberta A. Ballard, also found that nitric oxide reduced the risk of death and shortened...a different treatment regimen, found nitric oxide reduced lung disease only in babies...

Nitric oxide at war with homocysteine? (homocysteine interactions with...

Science News;  April 27, 1996 ;     215 words ...The gaseous molecule nitric oxide plays a variety of roles in the...are just beginning to understand. Nitric oxide apparently plays a part in the...microorganisms. Actually, the derivatives of nitric oxide, each with different abilities...