Rotten Egg Gas Seen Offering Promise of Extending Life
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In the hunt for ways to extend life, scientists are turning to an unlikely source: the gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell.
Hydrogen sulfide -- maligned for its toxic and explosive properties -- may slow aging and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China, who reviewed studies on the malodorous gas and its effects on the cardiovascular and nervous systems.