Chelation and Chelating Agents

Atherosclerosis, Chelation and Chelating Agents

In our life, our body is exposed to various toxins almost all the time. We are against the onslaught of toxins in food, drinking water, even the air we breathe. Heavy metal toxins like mercury, lead and cadmium are removed and the accumulation of plaque in arteries and blood vessels and reduces the passage for blood flow (the medical term such as atherosclerosis). This leads to all sorts of problems and even heart attacks and may eventually require surgery to bypass blocked arteries.

Chelation (pronounced key-LAY-shun) the process is the process by which chemicals bond with minerals and toxic metals and remove them from the body. Word chelation is derived from the word "Chel" Greek and means "claw."

functional sites on proteins

Scientists develop new method for detecting functional sites on proteins

A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has developed a powerful new method for detecting functional sites on proteins. The technique may have broad applications in basic research and drug development.

Described in an advance, online publication of the British journal Nature on November 17, 2010, the method enables scientists to take a sample of cells, locate the sites on their proteins that have a certain kind of biochemical reactivity, and measure the degree of that reactivity.