How Organisms Avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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Scientists have discovered how living organisms - including humans - avoid poisoning from carbon monoxide generated by natural cell processes. Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas that can prove fatal at high concentrations; the gas is most commonly associated with faulty domestic heating systems and car fumes, and is often referred to as 'the silent killer'. But carbon monoxide - chemical symbol CO - is also produced within our bodies through the normal activity of cells...
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