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| More stolen chemistry humor! |
Hemochromatosis is an iron overload disease.
It is a disease characterized by a defect in the HFE gene. This will negatively affect the cell's ability to produce hepcidin, a molecule that prevents cells from secreting iron into the blood. The cell cannot make hepcidin so iron will be continually secreted out of the cells and into the blood.
Hemochromatosis therefore = an insane load of iron in blood!
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