Reports from North Carolina State University Describe Recent Advances in Retinal Degeneration
Reports from North Carolina State University Describe Recent Advances in Retinal Degeneration,Life Science Weekly–May 22, 2012. According to the authors of a study from Raleigh, North Carolina, “Ceruloplasmin (Cp) is a ferroxidase important to the regulation of both systemic and intracellular iron levels. Cp has a critical role in iron metabolism in the brain and retina as shown in patients with aceruloplasminemia and in Cp-/-hep-/y mice where iron accumulates and neural and retinal degeneration ensue… J. Harned and colleagues mentioned.
