OTTO-VON-GUERICKE-UNIVERSITÄT MAGDEBURG IMAGE: PROF. DR. ANDREAS J. MÜLLER, HEAD OF THE INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY OF INFECTION AND IMMUNITY GROUP, INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY CREDIT: CHRISTIAN MORAWE Nitric oxide (NO) occurs naturally in the human body as a messenger substance. It is considered an all-rounder, as it performs...
By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira Aug 26 2021 New research led by Devang K. Sanghavi of the Mayo Clinic in Florida, USA, suggests pre-intubation use of nitric oxide for patients with COVID-19–related hypoxemic respiratory may help reduce patients’ mortality. Their findings show that inhaling nitric oxide in this patient population could reduce the need for future intubation and other...
By Michael Greenwood, M.Sc.Reviewed by Sophia Coveney, B.Sc. Nitric oxide (NO) has been used for decades in cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a vasodilator, improving gas exchange in the lungs and allowing the blood to better oxygenate. NO is naturally produced by many cells of the body and plays an important role in signaling...
UPPSALA UNIVERSITY Researchers at Uppsala University have found that an effective way of treating the coronavirus behind the 2003 SARS epidemic also works on the closely related SARS-CoV-2 virus, the culprit in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The substance concerned is nitric oxide (NO), a compound with antiviral properties that is produced by the body itself. The...
Doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are enrolling patients in an international clinical trial to find out if inhaled nitric oxide benefits those with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) who have severely damaged lungs. Right now, there are no approved treatments for the illness caused by COVID-19. The severe form of lung failure—acute respiratory...
