Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine have found out that Gulf War illness is caused due to dysfunction of mitochondria and not stress. Veterans of the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War who are victims of Gulf War illness show a drop in phosphocreatine or PCr, a phosphorus-containing compound in cells, in muscle cells during exercise. These compounds are required to provide cell energy. In case of mitochondrial dysfunction, PCr recovery slows down. Principal ...
Read MoreYou have just read an article categorized health
titled Gulf War Illness Linked to Mitochondria Dysfunction: Study.
Written by:
editor - Friday, March 28, 2014
There are currently no comments for "Gulf War Illness Linked to Mitochondria Dysfunction: Study"
Post a Comment