Sentences with phrase «treating iron overload»

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A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher has identified the protein that the liver uses to load iron, thereby opening the door to potential strategies to treat «iron overload» disorders.

But Knutson does see this finding as more relevant for possibly treating other incurable iron overload disorders such as thalassemia.

In a study involving mice bred to be susceptible to tissue iron overload and hence to tuberculosis, treatment with lactoferrin significantly reduced the burden of tuberculosis organisms.7 And mice injected with Candida albicans, another iron - loving organism, had increased survival time when treated with lactoferrin.12 Lactoferrin is plentiful in raw milk.