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How a tiny gas helps cells breathe farther from blood vessels

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The biological lifetime of nitric oxide: implications for the perivascular dynamics of NO and O2.

doi:10.1073/pnas.98.1.355
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Methodology score · 12/100

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A gas called NO, made near blood vessels, doesn't disappear quickly when oxygen is low. It floats farther and tells cells to use less oxygen, so more cells can stay alive even far from blood supply.

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Thomas DD, Liu X, Kantrow SP, Lancaster JR Jr