Individuals with β-thalassemia develop progressive systemic iron overload, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. These complications are caused by labile plasma iron, which is taken up by ...

Incorporating structural constraints into pharmacokinetic studies of iron sucrose formulations. Results from assays conducted independently of one another can produce findings that are incompatible ...

The blood brain barrier (BBB) exists to protect the brain from pathogens and other toxins but makes central nervous system (CNS) diseases hard to treat with conventional drugs. For example, many ...

A new study led by researchers at the Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS), University of Limerick (UL) has found that people with low levels and very high levels of a commonly measured laboratory ...

Low iron saturation occurs when the amount of iron in the blood decreases below the recommended range. Measuring transferrin is one way to determine iron saturation. Iron saturation refers to the ...

For decades scientists have sought a way to sneak large drugs across the blood-brain barrier. These efforts received a boost in 2011, when researchers led by Ryan Watts at Genentech, South San ...

InVitria was recently cited in a review article titled “Recombinant human transferrin: Beyond iron binding and transport”, published in Biotechnology Advances. The article describes the importance of ...

Medizinische Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Abteilung Rehabilitative und Präventive Sportmedizin, Hugstetter Str 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany Correspondence to: Dr Schumacher, Abtlg RP Sportmedizin, ...