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Nitric oxide - the new wonder drug

How nitric oxide, once considered poisonous, could be a future wonder drug

How nitric oxide, once considered poisonous, could be a future wonder drug. The role of nitric oxide is in helping keep blood pressure stable and in killing bacteria and parasites; changing its role from pollutant to possible medicine. Also in the programme, why scientists are rethinking climate-change models and an update on the TB vaccine.

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