Charcoal a weapon to fight superoxide-induced disease, injury

Researchers at Rice University, the University of Texas Health Science Center’s McGovern Medical School, and the Texas A&M Health Science Center have developed artificial enzymes made of oxidized charcoal nanoparticles that are highly effective at breaking down damaging reactive oxygen species produced in response to an injury. The oxidized charcoal nanoparticles can be made from an activated carbon source that is inexpensive, good manufacturing practice (GMP)-certified, and already being used in humans to treat acute poisoning.