Xenon & HIE

[JACK]

Read an interesting news article

LINK (http://bit.ly/dsHJTI)

Any comments?

Some related reading
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[Stefan Johansson]

Very interesting article, indeed!
I had not heard about the potential benefits of Xenon at all, this is completely new to me!
Will be interesting to follow future research, I know prof Marianne Thoresen is a star. (Norwegian star, living in the UK)