
L. Ignarro helped to establish the importance of nitric oxide in the cardio vascular system. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)
Several months ago I wrote about nitric oxide (NO). I mentioned Louis Ignarro, one of the three people that got a Nobel prize for their discovery of Nitric oxide, where it is produced in the body, and what it does. Louis Ignarro calls it “the Miracle Molecule,” because it does so many great extremely important things in the body.
Louis Ignarro’s history is a remarkable and incredible story. Both of his parents were born in Italy. They had no education. His father could not even read but was a great carpenter. They moved to America and Louis was born in Brooklyn in 1941. Continue reading