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Comment
. 2010 Jan;77(2):85-7.
doi: 10.1038/ki.2009.432.

Hydrogen: another gas with therapeutic potential

James F George  1 , Anupam Agarwal
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Hydrogen: another gas with therapeutic potential

James F George et al. Kidney Int. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Cardinal and colleagues describe the use of molecular hydrogen, the most abundant molecule in the universe, as a treatment for chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) in a rat model of kidney transplantation. They demonstrate that the addition of hydrogen to the drinking water results in a decrease in the severity of CAN and increased graft survival, and they provide evidence that the mechanism of action could be due to a reduction in reactive oxygen species.

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