Defense. If the skin is injured, bacteria can enter the body and may cause infections. Photo Credit flesh wound image by Allyson Ricketts from Fotolia.com. The outermost layer of skin, called the epidermis, acts as a physical barrier between your body and the dirt and bacteria outside.hough normal flora bacteria are not usually harmful, they can cause infections if they enter your body through a wound. Most of these organisms are considered healthy bacteria because they prevent very harmful bacteria, called pathogens, from growing on your skin.
âWeâve focused for many years on the nitric oxide pathway to find new therapies that might improve outcomes for babies with pulmonary hypertension,â Aschner said. In the body, the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS) produces nitric oxide from the amino acid arginine. Aschner and colleagues had discovered that NOS is present in a multi-protein complex, which is important for the activation of NOS and production of nitric oxide.
Nitric Oxide (NO) is NOT the same as Nitrous Oxide (N2O). Nitric Oxide is one molecule of nitrogen, one of oxygen. Nitrous Oxide has 2 molecules of nitrogen, and one of oxygen. And that extra molecule of nitrogen changes the gas completely. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) has been getting some press recently, since Demi Moore was hospitalized for inhaling canned Nitrous Oxide (in a form called whippets) and having a seizure. Nitrous oxide is used in aerosol cans, to propel whipped cream or cooking spray out of the bottle.