Tag: nitric oxide

  • Nation & World

    Breathing freely

    Mass General study shows the benefits of inhaled nitric oxide therapy for pregnant patients with severe and critical COVID-19.

    4 minutes
    Nitric oxide tanks.
  • Nation & World

    Electrifying invention can save young lives

    Treatment with inhaled nitric oxide (NO) has proved to be lifesaving in newborns, children, and adults with several dangerous conditions. But the availability of the treatment has been limited by the size, weight, and complexity of equipment needed to administer the gas, and the therapy’s high price — until now.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Lessening liver damage

    Harvard stem cell scientists studying the effect of nitric oxide on liver growth and regeneration appear to have serendipitously discovered a markedly improved treatment for liver damage caused by acetaminophen toxicity.

    4 minutes