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In 1980, Dr. Furchgott published his discovery of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF), a mysterious chemical in the inner linings of the arteries that controls the artery's widening and narrowing. By 1986, he had worked out EDRF's nature and mechanism and, from his 6th floor lab at the SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, announced that EDRF was in fact the tiny molecule nitric oxide (NO).Between those years, laboratories around the globe were detailing EDRF's importance in the body's physiology, from regulating blood pressure to preventing blood clots. Dr. Furchgott's work in the laboratory is now helping doctors save lives. Further Reading Diploma |
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