Sentences with phrase «iron accumulation»

A decade ago, they also identified a relationship between ALS and excess iron accumulation when they found that 30 percent of ALS patients in their clinic carried a variant of a gene known as HFE that is associated with iron overload disease.

The optimal amount of isoleucine and valine should be smaller than is found in branched - chain amino acid supplements, since leucine by itself may help prevent iron accumulation and increase ketosis.

It may also bring about advances in diagnosing diseases like Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis, both of which involve abnormal iron accumulation in the brain.

A challenge in developing iron chelators for use in human therapy is to reduce iron accumulation without disrupting iron - dependent cellular functions.

Lithgow's recent work at the Buck Institute with the nematode C. elegans (a type of worm) has shown how iron accumulation can accelerate the aging process.

Too much dietary iron accumulation may lead to hemochromatosis, which increases the risk of arthritis, cancer, liver problems, diabetes and heart failure.

Clinical trial on the effect of regular tea drinking on iron accumulation in genetic haemochromatosis.

Overloading the body with iron can be dangerous because excess iron accumulation can damage your liver and cause other complications.