CO is a poisonous gas, but under the right conditions it may serve as a novel inhalation therapy able to reduce the consequences of acute lung injury (pages 598–604).
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Thiemermann, C. Inhaled CO: Deadly gas or novel therapeutic?. Nat Med 7, 534–535 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/87853
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