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Silicon reduces aluminum accumulation in rats Relevance to the aluminum hypothesis of Alzheimer disease
In recent years, a possible relation between the aluminum and silicon levels in drinking water and the risk of Alzheimer disease (AD) has been established.......
Effects of vitamin E against aluminum neurotoxicity in rats
The present study examined the protective effects of vitamin E against aluminum-induced neurotoxicity in rats.... Vitamin E treatment reduced the contents of glial markers and...
Avoidance of aluminum toxicity in freshwater snails involves intracellular silicon-aluminum biointeraction
Silicon (Si) ameliorates aluminum (Al) toxicity to a range of organisms, but in almost all cases this is due to ex vivo Si-Al interactions forming...
There is (still) too much aluminium in infant formulas.
Infant formulas are sophisticated milk-based feeds for infants which are used as a substitute for breast milk.... We have measured the aluminium content of a...
Delivery of nanoparticles to brain metastases of breast cancer using a cellular Trojan horse
As systemic cancer therapies improve and are able to control metastatic disease outside the central nervous system, the brain is increasingly the first site of...
Aluminum vaccine adjuvants: are they safe?
Aluminum is an experimentally demonstrated neurotoxin and the most commonly used vaccine adjuvant. ...Experimental research shows aluminum adjuvants have a potential to induce serious immunological...
Aluminum hydroxide injections lead to motor deficits and motor neuron degeneration
Gulf War Syndrome is a multi-system disorder afflicting many veterans of Western armies in the 1990-1991 Gulf War. A number of those afflicted may show...
Administration of aluminium to neonatal mice in vaccine-relevant amounts is associated with adverse long term neurological outcomes
Our previous ecological studies of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has demonstrated a correlation between increasing ASD rates and aluminium (Al) adjuvants in common use in...
Slow CCL2-dependent translocation of biopersistent particles from muscle to brain
Long-term biodistribution of nanomaterials used in medicine is largely unknown.... Although generally well tolerated, alum is occasionally detected within monocyte-lineage cells long after immunization in...
Addressing Parents’ Concerns: Do Vaccines Contain Harmful Preservatives, Adjuvants, Additives, or Residuals?
Vaccines often contain preservatives, adjuvants, additives, or manufacturing residuals in addition to pathogen-specific immunogens. Some parents, alerted by stories in the news media or information...