Alzheimer’s patients have high levels of magnetic iron oxides

Higher than normal levels of magnetic iron oxides are present in Alzheimer patients, researchers at Keele University have discovered.
The results of a small scale study of Alzheimer patients indicates that iron accumulation associated with Alzheimer’s appears to involve the formation of strongly magnetic iron compounds.
The findings could lead to a method of diagnosing the disease using an MRI scan.
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Penicillin resistance research could save millions of lives

Research to overcome the resistance of bacteria to the anti-biotic penicillin, being led by the University of Warwick, could help to save millions of lives.
The research could mean penicillin being effective in treating hospital superbugs like MRSA and diseases like tuberculosis and pneumonia which kill millions of people a year, all of which have developed a resistance to penicillin.
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