[meteorite-list] Meteorites: related to health studies

[Pete Pete]

I'd say it was a valid study, Dirk.
Quite often "brain disease" seems evident on this list.

Cheers,
Pete


From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites: related to health studies
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:45:59 -0800 (PST)

Dear List,
   While doing some Web surfing I came across an
interesting article that studies the effects of
meteorites and meteoritic dust in relation to health.
Now we have another reason for the genetic mutation,
aging, disease and the great Dino Kill (sorry I added
the Dino kill part)?
   The article seems to be serious science and is
interesting. It also gives another perspective about
the value of study of meteorites (and impact).
Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

Link and Abstract below:

http://www.akademiai.com/(bmthk455s4hhpa5541y2be45)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,3,17;journal,117,592;linkingpublicationresults,1:105692,1



Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
    Publisher:   Akadémiai Kiadó, co-published with
Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Formerly Kluwer
Academic Publishers B.V.
    Issue:   Volume 219, Number 2
    Pages:   157 - 163
    URL:   Linking Options

 >From a rock to a hard place: Journeys of a
radiochemist through inner and outer space
W. D. Ehmann1

(1)  Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky,
40506-0055 Lexington, KY, USA

Received: 12 March 1997

Abstract  A brief chronicle is presented of one
radiochemist's meanders through the fields of
meteoritics, lunar studies, and geochemistry to
current studies of possible relationships of trace
element imbalances to diseases affecting the brain and
spinal cord. This range of studies is used to
underscore the broad applications of radiochemistry
and the need to maintain educational programs and
research in radiochemistry. Our recent studies of
tissues from subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD)
and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), have shown
that imbalances exist for concentrations of many trace
elements, compared to corresponding concentrations in
control subjects. Among the elements most frequently
found imbalanced are aluminum, bromine, cadmium,
copper, iron, mercury, rubidium, and zinc. Several of
these elements may be involved in processes leading to
free-radical-induced oxidative damage in Alzheimer's
disease. Our multi-technique analytical approach to
these studies is briefly reviewed.







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