2007-12-03

Could hydrogen sulfide hold the key to a long life?


Could hydrogen sulfide hold the key to a long life? from PhysOrg.com

Hydrogen sulfide, or H2S, the chemical that gives rotten eggs their sulfurous stench – and the same compound that researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center successfully have used to put mice into a state of reversible metabolic hibernation – has now been shown to significantly increase life span and heat tolerance in the nematode worm, or C. elegans.

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