Blood Cells
Study Data from Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine Provide New Insights into Blood Cells
Published in Blood Weekly, November 10th, 2011
2011 NOV 10 -- Data detailed in "The effect of selenium supplementation in the prevention of DNA damage in white blood cells of hemodialyzed patients: a pilot study" have been presented. According to the authors of a study from Lodz, Poland, "Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an increased incidence of cancer. It is well known that long periods of hemodialysis (HD) treatment are linked to DNA damage due to oxidative stress."
"In this study, we examined the effect of selenium (Se) supplementation to CKD patients on HD on the prevention of oxidative DNA damage in white blood cells. Blood samples were drawn from 42 CKD patients on HD (at the...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-11-10)
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