Genetic pathway critical to disease, aging found

Feb. 20, 2008
by Terry Devitt

The same chemical reaction that causes iron to rust plays a similarly corrosive role in our bodies. Oxidative stress chips away at healthy cells and is a process, scientists know, that contributes to a host of diseases and conditions in humans ranging from Alzheimer's, heart disease and stroke to cancer and the inexorable process of aging. Read the full news article at: http://www.news.wisc.edu/14798