A team led by Professor Takafumi Uchida has created a new technique for visualizing the dynamics of nitrate (NO3-) and nitrite (NO2−), both markers of nitric oxide in a cell. Nitric oxide is a ...

The preservative sodium nitrite fights harmful bacteria in ham, salami and other processed and cured meats and also lends them their pink coloration. However, under certain conditions in the human ...

Nitric oxide (NO) is a powerful paracrine signaling molecule that plays a critical role in regulating blood vessel tone and vascular homeostasis. Hypoxic and ischemic conditions lead to deficiencies ...

Smith Packing, LLC, of Utica, NY, is recalling 18,792 pounds of various ready-to-eat sausage and sliced meat and poultry products because of sodium nitrite levels exceeding the regulatory limit, ...

Most of the ocean is too dark to support photosynthesis and, instead, is populated by chemoautotrophic microorganisms. Ammonium-oxidizing members of the Thaumarchaeota phylum and sulfur-oxidizing ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at outlawing a poison that dozens of young people have used to die by suicide. House Bill 1209 passed out of the ...

ORLANDO — Inhaled doses of inorganic nitrite for 4 weeks had no apparent effects on peak exercise capacity or symptoms in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in a ...

Nitrites and nitrates occur naturally in water and soil and are commonly ingested from drinking water and dietary sources. They are also used as food additives to increase shelf life. A study ...