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VIRTUALISATION Increase oxygen in blood to strengthen heart
VIRTUALISATION Increase oxygen in blood to strengthen heart | Increase oxygen in blood to strengthen heart |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Wednesday, 04 March 2009 | |
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French researcher Jean-Marie Lehn (who, also, won the Noble Prize in Chemistry in 1987) of the Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, Université Louis Pasteur (University of Strasbourg) (France) and his French and U.S. team experimented with mice that were normal and those with severe heart problems. They used the molecule myo-inositol trispyrophosphate (ITPP) to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood. When ITPP is introduced into the blood it begins to bind to hemoglobin, which makes hemoglobin more efficient. In fact, hemoglobin, by itself, only allows about 25% of oxygen to be released into the bloodstream. However, when it binds with ITPP the efficiency by which hemoglobin is increased drastically. His team included Andreia Biolo, Ruth Greferath, Deborah A. Siwik, Fuzhong Oin, Eugene Valsky, Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou, Srinivasu Pothukanuri, Carolina D. Duarte, Richard P. Schwarz, Claude Nicolau, and Wilson S. Colucci. Page two continues. |
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