Chemical Probe Confirms Real-Time that Body Makes Its Own Rotten Egg Gas (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Southern Methodist University

Chemical Probe Confirms Real-Time that Body Makes Its Own Rotten Egg Gas (1 of 2)

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This is a still image of live human cells shows them generating hydrogen sulfide, H2S, after being treated with a protein that stimulates blood vessel formation. Researchers developed a new fluorescent chemical probe that makes it possible for scientists to observe cells as they generate H2S.

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