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Smelling Farts may be beneficial for your health

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Rotten egg gas holds key to healthcare therapies
It may smell of flatulence and have a reputation for being highly toxic, but when used in the right tiny dosage, hydrogen sulfide is now being being found to offer potential health benefits in a range of issues, from diabetes to stroke, heart attacks and dementia.

A new compound (AP39), designed and made at the University of Exeter, could hold the key to future therapies, by targeting delivery of very small amounts of the substance to the right (or key) places inside cells.

Scientists in Exeter have already found that the compound protects mitochondria – the “powerhouse” of cells, which drive energy production in blood vessel cells. Preventing or reversing mitochondrial damage is a key strategy for treatments of a variety of conditions such as stroke, heart failure, diabetes and arthritis, dementia and ageing. Mitochondria determine whether cells live or die and they regulate inflammation. In the clinic, dysfunctional mitochondria are strongly linked to disease severity.

Professor Matt Whiteman, of the University of Exeter Medical School, said: “When cells become stressed by disease, they draw in enzymes to generate minute quantities of hydrogen sulfide. This keeps the mitochondria ticking over and allows cells to live. If this doesn’t happen, the cells die and lose the ability to regulate survival and control inflammation. We have exploited this natural process by making a compound, called AP39, which slowly delivers very small amounts of this gas specifically to the mitochondria. Our results indicate that if stressed cells are treated with AP39, mitochondria are protected and cells stay alive.”
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http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_393168_en.html

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That's weird.

I used to do a lot of service work at refineries and was always taught that if you smelled the rotten egg aroma that's associated with H2S that youarealreadydead.jpg

The worst part was that it took such a low ppm concentration in the air that once your detection device alerted you to its presence there was already more than enough in the air to kill you.
 
Arkos

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shadyspace said:
Why did I think it was Danish? The guy in the .gif looks Danish.
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There is a Danish version of the show, that explains the confusion

Just a Google of Total Blackout Danish

I wonder which was the first, I'm going to blame the Danes

Edit: Spoiler -- Answer

Edit: No, wait, is it just an American show that is also in Denmark? Now I'm confused, and I'm not putting any more time into googling this stupid show

OT: I think that smelling farts is good for you
 
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