Researchers from Pennsylvania State University studied the effect of UVR exposure with sunscreen or sweat on nitric oxide's ability to promote vasodilation of skin blood vessels.
The product is a portable system that utilises an electric voltage to generate precise volumes of nitric oxide from the nitrogen and oxygen contained in air.
Pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc (NYSE:MNK) revealed on Wednesday the launch of a company-sponsored, experimental, proof-of-concept, randomised, multicentre, blinded study of nitric oxide gas with ex-vivo lung perfusion compared to lung perfusion alone in human lung transplants.
Chong Lei, M.D., Ph.D., from the Fourth Military Medical University in China, and colleagues assessed whether administration of nitric oxide reduces the incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury and improves long-term kidney outcomes among 244 patients undergoing elective, multivalve replacement surgery (mostly due to rheumatic fever) requiring prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass.
But, that's not all: "Antioxidants preserve nitric oxide, which exists as a gas and doesn't stick around very long--in fact, it typically lasts less than a second," Ignarro says.