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Article: Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute Discover a Cause for Primary Iron Overload; Disorder is Common Among Africans, African-Americans.
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- November 7, 2003
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Byline: The Scripps Research Institute
LA JOLLA, Calif. Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Three studies to be published in the November/December issue of the scientific journal Blood Cells, Molecules, & Diseases describe the discovery of a genetic mutation that could be responsible for causing the metabolic disorder, primary iron overload, common among people of African descent.
Professor Ernest Beutler, M.D., who is chair of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine and professor in The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at TSRI, led one of the studies and is coauthor of another.
Beutler and his ...