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Sunday, August 23, 2009
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Power plants produce energy by burning coal. Human beings burn a compound called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP for short. And while power companies struggle to find ways to deal with the byproducts of combustion, evolution solved that problem for humans long ago. The human body not only recycles the byproducts of ATP, it has found other uses for them as well.
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One of these molecules – adenosine – is produced when cells under stress burn lots of ATP. Accordingly, it has been adapted by the body as a cell-signaling agent, to help the body deal with inflammation and injury. Because receptors for adenosine are found on virtually every cell type in the body, its therapeutic potential for treating diseases like diabetes, atherosclerosis and arthritis is vast.Read Full Article
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