A fascinating idea, lets get clinical trials started.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Nephrology/KidneyTransplantation/35451?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_source=WC&xid=NL_DHE_2012-10-20&eun=g424561d0r&userid=424561&email=oc1dean@yahoo.com&mu_id=5523591
The administration of nontoxic carbon particles stabilized the
cerebral neurovasculature in a rodent model of traumatic brain injury,
restoring critical blood flow and preventing the secondary damage caused
by hypotension and free radical release, researchers reported.
Damage to the neurovascular unit is a major predictor of outcome
after brain injury, even in mild concussions, when release of reactive
oxygen species such as superoxide interferes with resuscitative efforts.
Previous efforts to counteract this damaging process using antioxidants
have been unsuccessful for reasons including the need for the presence
of additional molecules that contribute detoxification.
But carbon particles have no need for these other detoxifying
factors, so researchers led by Thomas A. Kent, MD, from Baylor
University in Houston tested antioxidant carbon particles in rats
following controlled cortical impact and induced hypotension.
"Remarkably," they wrote in ACS Nano, the particle treatment
not only restored cerebral blood flow, but also normalized the free
radical profile in the animals, suggesting that this approach could
provide a novel means of interrupting the cascade of events following
brain injury and improving the neurologic outcome for patients.
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