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This is really cool. Researchers found a bacterium that binds to CO very effectively and synthesized a protein that seeks it out in your blood, removing it from hemoglobin, which then lets the hemoglobin return to its normal job of carrying oxygen through your body! In mice tests, 50% of the CO was removed in ONE MINUTE. The bound CO is then removed through urine!
I'm guessing a double bag IV of the protein and saline to get the bag in and to increase the need to pee. Hopefully it could be part of a paramedic's kit.
According to the article, CO binds to hemoglobin 200-400x more effectively than oxygen, which is what makes CO poisoning so deadly. And the only treatment currently is flooding the victim with oxygen, often in a pressure chamber, which is still a slow process. In the US, there are 50,000 ER visits for CO poisoning and 1,500 deaths.
The question is, of course, how long until this makes it to market and how expensive will the treatment be.
https://newatlas.com/disease/first-antidote-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/08/14/0010227/first-antidote-for-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-cleans-blood-in-minutes
I'm guessing a double bag IV of the protein and saline to get the bag in and to increase the need to pee. Hopefully it could be part of a paramedic's kit.
According to the article, CO binds to hemoglobin 200-400x more effectively than oxygen, which is what makes CO poisoning so deadly. And the only treatment currently is flooding the victim with oxygen, often in a pressure chamber, which is still a slow process. In the US, there are 50,000 ER visits for CO poisoning and 1,500 deaths.
The question is, of course, how long until this makes it to market and how expensive will the treatment be.
https://newatlas.com/disease/first-antidote-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/08/14/0010227/first-antidote-for-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-cleans-blood-in-minutes
