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17:07, 8 NOV 2015 UPDATED 17:16, 8 NOV 2015 BY MIRROR.CO.UK

"Hydrogen sulfide is toxic in large doses but in tiny amounts it helps protect cells and fight illness, according to researchers at Exeter University."


The smell of flatulence has secret health benefits that could help stave off cancer, strokes, heart attacks and dementia, scientists have revealed.

Hydrogen sulfide is one of a number of potent smelly gases produced by bacteria as it breaks down food in the gut.

It is toxic in large doses but in tiny amounts it helps protect cells and fight illness, according to researchers at Exeter University.

When cells become stressed by disease they try to draw in enzymes to generate their own minute quantities of hydrogen sulfide.

The chemical helps to preserve mitochondria, which drive energy production in blood vessel cells and regulate inflammation, and without it the cell can switch off and die.

Researchers have come up with a new compound named AP39 to assist the body in producing just the right amount of hydrogen sulfide that it needs.

They believe it will help prevent or reverse mitochondrial damage, a key strategy in treating conditions such as stroke, heart failure, diabetes, arthritis, dementia and ageing.

Professor Matt Whiteman from University of Exeter's 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."

Before it can be tested on humans, researchers have run disease models to see how effective AP39 is.

Early results, published in the journal Medicinal Chemistry Communications, show that it can help up to 80 percent more mitochondria survive highly destructive conditions such as cardiovascular disease.

Fellow researcher Dr. Mark Wood added: "Although hydrogen sulfide is well known as a pungent, foul-smelling gas in rotten eggs and flatulence, it is naturally produced in the body and could in fact be a healthcare hero with significant implications for future therapies for a variety of diseases."

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/farts-can-fight-cancer-well-6793616

Good one. Government should declare the world fart day..
That would be an opportunity for everyone to mess around and the you will see the stuff all our celebrities, beauty pageants, artists, politicians and Bubu are made of. People will faint, die and be mesmerized but then the cancer patients will get cured.


FTC
Chocolate cream

So we should be grateful when people supply us with mess.

Good one. Government should declare the world fart day.

The next time I fart loudly, I should be applauded not

ok na

I'll stick to green tea and other anti-oxidants instead.

Warris dis??

Farts mode activated.. . End time

Dnt do it in gas stations, its also highly inflammable

Let the farting begins.

N.B. no beans or egg fart.
that could cause disaster

Huh?

My fart would only worsen the cancer if I mess even my shadow dey close nose

Lol.. this kind scientific discovery sef.. nawa.

Ok nothing to comment. Land for lease.

Happy farting y'all

The mod that posted this is far more sensible than the one that floods this forum with celebrity trash and poo

Let d farting begin.OMG am on front page, quote me nd say any cwazy tin nd u'l nt stop fartin evry second 4 d rest of ur life.

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Hmmmm. Nice discovery. So ladies make una no dey fear to fart again o. Fart on the go. Fart everywhere you go.

A boy comes home and says to his parents "Mom, dad, the teacher asked a question today and I was the only kid in the class that knew the answer!"
And the parents say "That's amazing son! What was the question?"
And the boy says "Who farted?"

we nefa hear am finish ooo

I haff die with wetin I dey read OOO

They haff come again ooo



I cant fit laff

so make every body start to dey mess?

Nothing is a waste afterall

Owk, to all the ladies wey no dey gree mess And the ones wey dey form say dem no dey mess





























And it also leads to miscarriage:
it suffocate the baby in the womb that leads to miscarriage

kulobyno:
The mod that posted this is far more sensible than the one that floods this forum with celebrity trash and poo

Good, oya fart for yourself

Our eastern brothers should help us import frats from china.

P

Ok.