Redox-Active Iron Is A Sensor Of Cognitive Impairment Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease

An innovative discovery has been reported that highlights the problems that oxidative stress resulting from iron cumulated in the human brain can generate in relation with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the brain disorder affecting almost 30 million throughout the world. The results of research carried out by Drs. Manuel Lavados, Patricio Fuentes and Leonel Rojo from the laboratory of Professor Dr. R.B.

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