Iron levels in brain predict when people will get Alzheimer's
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Iron levels in brain predict when people will get Alzheimer's
Studies have suggested that people with Alzheimer's also have higher iron levels in their brains. Now it seems that high iron may hasten the disease's onset. Researchers at the University of Melbourne in Australia followed 144 older people who had mild cognitive impairment for seven years. To gauge how much iron was in their brains, they measured ferritin, a protein that binds to the metal, in their cerebrospinal fluid. For every nanogram per millilitre people had at the start of the study, they were diagnosed with Alzheimer's on average three months earlier.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27557-iron-levels-in-brain-predict-when-people-will-get-alzheimers.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VVtlI5NViko
Iron levels in brain predict when people will get Alzheimer's
Studies have suggested that people with Alzheimer's also have higher iron levels in their brains. Now it seems that high iron may hasten the disease's onset. Researchers at the University of Melbourne in Australia followed 144 older people who had mild cognitive impairment for seven years. To gauge how much iron was in their brains, they measured ferritin, a protein that binds to the metal, in their cerebrospinal fluid. For every nanogram per millilitre people had at the start of the study, they were diagnosed with Alzheimer's on average three months earlier.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27557-iron-levels-in-brain-predict-when-people-will-get-alzheimers.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VVtlI5NViko
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