Hydrogen Peroxide’s Link to Living Cells

By: Carl Marziali

November 3, 2009 7:33 AM

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• USC College professor John Tower in his lab

If a circadian rhythm is like an orchestra - the united expression of the rhythms of millions of cells - a common chemical may serve as the conductor, or at least as the baton.

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