Carbon Monoxide Sparks Immune Response to Bacterial Infections

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CAUTION: This article is examining the possibility of using CO in low levels as a short term medical treatment - NOT environmental exposures.

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Carbon Monoxide Sparks Immune Response to Bacterial Infections
By Jacquelyn Gray | December 04, 2014
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) investigators had identified Carbon Monoxide (CO) as a viable agent in fighting off bacterial infections.

Reported in November?s issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI), BIDMC researchers found CO, which alerted white cells and microphages that there?s an attack on the body, sparked immune responses.
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