Date:3/5/2008

odegenerative disease, iron deposits may form in a similar fashion in the brain. Such iron crystals are highly reactive and could lead to the formation of toxic free radicals, which attack and destroy nerve cells. If this assumption can be verified in vivo, agents that hinder the aggregation of transferrin may be the foundation for a new family of drugs.

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Contact: Peter J. Sadler p.j.sadler@warwick.ac.uk 44-247-652-3653 Wiley-Blackwell Source:Eurekalert

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