Xenon is a noble gas—colorless, odorless, inert. But it does affect the body. It’s been used as an anesthetic on occasion since the 1950s, says Robert Dickinson, a senior lecturer in medicine ...

The British climbers, who had inhaled Xenon gas in Germany before embarking on the expedition, climbed the 8,848 metre (29,032 feet) peak in less than five days after departing London, said Lukas ...

Four British climbers became the first to scale Mount Everest on Wednesday using Xenon gas, which helped them save several weeks that mountaineers need to get used to high altitudes, an official ...

The use of xenon gas may help cut the usual trip time from weeks to days. But not all members of the climbing community approve of the potentially speedy climb.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and BOSTON, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: XENE), a neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering ...

Xenon also announced the start of a Phase 1 study for XEN1120, a follow-on Kv7 channel opener, and expects to file an IND for XEN1701, its lead Nav1.7 candidate, in Q3 2025.

Lastly, Xenon has a very interesting pre-clinical pipeline which includes a Nav1.7 sodium channel inhibitor. It is believed that NaV 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9 play a role in the regulation of pain.

Included in the BEx beacon range from E2S is an ATEX, IECEx, InMetro and GOST R approved high-output 21-Joule Xenon warning beacon. Available with a choice of seven lens colors (red, amber, yellow, ...

3x3 single layer; 5x5 and 3x3 double layer; 7×7, 5×5, and 3×3 triple layer; 9×9, 7×7, 5×5 and 3×3 quadruple layer; The more layers you add underneath the beacon, its range will continue to ...

An inert and unreactive gas may not seem like an obvious candidate for treating Alzheimer’s disease, yet a new study in mice suggests that xenon might just be the breakthrough we need.. Xenon is ...

To examine xenon’s effects on tangles, the authors turned to P301S mice carrying human APOE4. These mice, engineered in Holtzman’s lab, develop aggressive pathology (Sep 2017 news). Nonetheless, ...

Anil Oza is STAT’s 2024-2025 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellow. You can reach Anil on Signal at aniloza.16. The gas xenon, like the other noble, or inert, gases, is known for doing very ...