Wahi a kahi pepa hou i paʻi ʻia ma Chemical Science, hiki i kahi prodrug waha i hoʻomohala ʻia e kahi hui o nā ʻepekema i alakaʻi ʻia e Professor Wang Binghe ma ke Keʻena ʻOihana Kimia ma Georgia State University hiki ke hāʻawi i ka carbon monoxide e pale ai i ka hōʻeha ʻeha ʻeha.

ʻOiai he mea ʻawaʻawa ke kinoea carbon monoxide (CO) i ka nui, ua ʻike ka poʻe ʻepekema hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena maikaʻi ma o ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka mumū a me ka pale ʻana i nā cell mai ka pōʻino. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina mua he hopena pale ka CO i ka pōʻino o ke kino e like me ke kīpē, ka māmā, ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū a me ka ate. No nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei, ua hana ʻo Wang a me kāna mau hoa hana i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kahi ala palekana e hāʻawi i ka CO i nā poʻe maʻi ma o nā pūhui prodrugs-inactive pono e hana i kahi kaʻina kemika i loko o ke kino ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika.