Xenon gas, currently used in medicine as an anesthetic and neuroprotective agent for treating brain injuries, showed potential in protecting the brain in studies.

Xenon is one of the six noble gases. Its name derives from the Greek word for “strange”. In medicine, it has been used as an ...

Now, research has identified a potential new therapy for Alzheimer’s — xenon gas. In a mouse model, researchers found that xenon gas inhalation suppressed neuroinflammation and reduced brain ...

Able to cross the blood-brain barrier, Xenon gas seemed to perk the mice right up, which began to become particularly active ...

The researchers are now embarking on early human trials to further test out the therapy’s potential. Xenon gas is already used in medicine as an anesthetic and medical imaging agent. Research ...

Researchers uncover promising evidence that xenon gas, commonly used in anesthesia, may help reduce brain deterioration and inflammation in Alzheimer's patients ...

The gas xenon, like the other noble, or inert, gases, is known for doing very little. The class of elements, because of its molecular structure, don’t typically interact with many chemicals.

Xenon, an inert gas occasionally used as an anesthetic ... There, they will receive xenon therapy in a clinic before flying to Everest Base Camp for an immediate summit push.

Using controversial xenon gas therapy, these busy mountaineers should be able to get from Heathrow to the summit and back in just one week. If the technique proves successful, time-poor ...