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The hydrogen highway to reperfusion therapy

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Hydrogen gas debuts as a selective antioxidant with explosive potential as cytoprotective therapy for ischemia-reperfusion injury and stroke.

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Figure 1: Dihydrogen (H2) scavenging of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species.

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