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Heme Channel Found

PFJSplitter · 2009-12-30 21:28:34

Heme Channel Found: Shuttles Vital but Vulnerable Heme Molecule Across Biological Membranes http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091217183103.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29 "Earlier this year scientists at Washington University…

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30-12-2009 10:28pm

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Heme Channel Found: Shuttles Vital but Vulnerable Heme Molecule Across Biological Membranes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091217183103.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

"Earlier this year scientists at Washington University in St. Louis discovered a channel present in plants and many bacteria that both transfers and protects the heme. The work, done by graduate student Elaine Frawley and biology professor Robert Kranz, was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

Interesting article ~ can't wait to see if this finding is exploited by the BioPharms.

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I always loved the way the body has evolved to utilise such toxic compounds/elements as oxygen and iron in safe ways for our benefits... ...quite neat

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