New $1.16 Million Study Investigates How Dietary Iron Is Used By Cells

A four-year study on iron metabolism within cells, an essential process that impacts both iron deficiency and iron toxicity, conditions responsible for a multitude of human diseases, is underway at the University at Buffalo funded by a $1.16 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).Daniel Kosman, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is lead researcher on the study. [click link for full article]

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