Word: oxygenate
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...pictures of the Buddha, their robes drenched with the late-monsoon rains. They walk briskly, stopping briefly to pray when they reach Sule Pagoda. Then they're off again, coursing through the city streets in a solid stream of red and orange, like blood vessels giving life to an oxygen-starved body. Their effect on Rangoon's residents is electrifying. At first, only a few brave onlookers applaud. Others clasp their hands together in respectful prayer or quietly weep. Then, as people grow bolder, the monks are joined by tens of thousands of Burmese, some chanting their own mantra...
...Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they sampled pints of donated blood from banks and healthy volunteers, subjected them to 26 different analyses and found dramatic deficiencies in levels of nitric oxide (NO). A workhorse component of normal blood, NO is responsible for helping red blood cells ferry oxygen to tissues and for propping open tiny vessels. A shortage of the gas could lead to precisely the kinds of heart problems the team was investigating...
...hours of leaving the body, the research showed, a unit of blood loses up to 70% of its NO; by the time the blood reaches its "use by" expiration date 42 days later, the gas is almost nonexistent. "The reality is, we are giving patients blood that cannot deliver oxygen properly," says Stamler...
...HUPD responded to a report of hazardous conditions at the School of Public Health. The reporting party stated that a cylinder filled with oxygen had a broken cap, was highly flammable, and was in close proximity to a possible flame. The Boston Fire Department, the Boston Police Department, the Boston Police Hazardous Materials Response, and the Massachusetts D.E.P. all responded to the scene. The room was sprayed with water and the second floor of the building was closed overnight...
...death from transfusion dropped dramatically, at least in mice. And there's reason to believe such replenishment could work in human patients as well; already, premature babies born with lung and respiratory problems are placed in NO-rich environments to ensure that their still developing tissues get the oxygen they need to grow properly. For now, the American Red Cross, which oversees 14 million units of banked blood, is waiting for additional study results before changing any of its processing and storage practices...