How Hydrogen Peroxide Pulls The Immune System’s Emergency Cord

Using zebrafish because they have similar genes to humans, US researchers discovered that hydrogen peroxide, the chemical that we use to bleach hair and clean and disinfect wounds, appears to play an important natural role in the way our bodies respond to injury: it pulls the emergency cord that causes the immune system to summon white blood cells to the aid of wounded tissue.

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on June 10th, 2009