Jerry Kaplan, Ivana De Domenico and Diane Ward, University of Utah (IMAGE)

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Jerry Kaplan, Ivana De Domenico and Diane Ward, University of Utah

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University of Utah molecular biologists Jerry Kaplan, Ivana De Domenico and Diane Ward have made a surprising discovery that hepicidin -- a hormone that helps regulate iron balance in the body -- can prevent deadly inflammation in mice. Their study raises hope that the substance someday might be used to combat a variety of human inflammatory diseases.

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Curry Koening, University of Utah.

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