Re: New research offers hope for people with liver and kidney damage

[Guest guest]

Does this mean if one has an RH- blood type they will be less able to

eliminate ammonia and are therefore more at risk?

Norma

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> Public release date: 30-Mar-2007

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> <http://www.faseb.org> Federation of American Societies for

> Experimental Biology

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> Something fishy in human blood could save lives

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> New research in the FASEB journal offers hope for people with liver and

> kidney damage

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> Bethesda, MD -- Thousands of people with liver and kidney disease die

> every year from too much ammonia in their blood...

people with damaged livers and kidneys remove toxic ammonia from their

> bloodstream.

> " Rh proteins are important targets for treatment of high toxic blood

> ammonia levels that occur in liver disease, " ...

For instance, people who are type A, B, AB, or O positive have Rh

> blood proteins on the surface of their red blood cells. People who are

> type A, B, AB, or O negative do not have Rh proteins on the surface of

> their red blood cells.