People with Celtic roots are significantly more likely to have hereditary hemochromatosis, and experts are asking people to ...

Haemochromatosis Awareness Week is June 1 – 7 this year, and the Irish Haemochromatosis Association has urged people to get ...

People are being urged to keep an eye out for symptoms of Ireland's most common genetic condition. The condition is caused by ...

This June, during World Haemochromatosis Awareness Week (1st–7th June 2026), the Irish Haemochromatosis Association (IHA) is ...

β-Thalassemia is a genetic disorder characterized by reduced or absent synthesis of the beta chains of hemoglobin, leading to ineffective erythropoiesis and severe anemia. Patients with ...

Patients with serum ferritin levels higher than 1000 μg/L show a 91% increased risk for any fracture, with a doubled risk for vertebral and humerus fractures compared with those without iron overload.

Hemochromatosis is a condition in which too much iron builds up in the body. If a person inherits the condition, it can be heterozygous or homozygous, depending on how many copies of the gene they ...

Saturation of TfR1 leads to the dissociation of Hfe and the binding of the alter to the TfR2, which in turn influences the binding of BMP6 to its receptors on the membrane. Increased liver iron ...

BMP, bone morphogenetic protein; BMPR, bone morphogenetic protein receptor; HAMP, hepcidin; HFE, hereditary hemochromatosis protein; HJV, hemojuvelin; Holo-Tf, holo ...