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Chelation Therapy
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Developmental Metal Vulnerability: Critical Windows of Susceptibility
This page unifies the infant formula contamination, pregnancy complications, autism spectrum disorder, necrotizing enterocolitis, and neurodevelopmental toxicity threads around a single organizing insight: metal toxicity is disproportionately severe during specific deve…
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Dietary Metal-Microbiome Interactions
Every meal delivers metals to the gut lumen — essential minerals, trace elements, and contaminants alike. These metals do not passively transit the GI tract. They actively reshape the microbial ecosystem, selecting for metal-tolerant organisms, enabling virulence in met…
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Glyoxalase I
The third nickel-dependent enzyme class in human pathogens, after urease and hydrogenase. Glyoxalase I detoxifies methylglyoxal, a reactive and toxic byproduct of glycolysis. While less well-known than urease or hydrogenase as a virulence factor, GloI is emerging as a s…
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Gut-Metal-Microbiome Interactions
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Heavy Metals in Infant Foods
The 6-24 month developmental window — when infants transition from breast milk to solid foods — represents a convergence of maximum vulnerability and maximum exposure. Immature detoxification systems, rapid organ development, and high food-to-body-weight ratios mean tha…
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Metal Chelation Therapy
Chelation therapy uses molecules with high affinity for specific metal ions to form stable, excretable complexes, removing toxic metals from the body. The word derives from Greek "chele" (claw) -- the chelator grips the metal ion at multiple coordination sites. While ch…
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Metallothionein
A family of small (6-7 kDa), cysteine-rich proteins that bind heavy metals with extraordinary affinity. Metallothioneins (MTs) are the cell's primary chemical defense against metal toxicity -- they sequester cadmium, mercury, lead, and other toxic metals, preventing the…
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Nickel-Glyoxalase
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Probiotics
Live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host. In the context of this wiki, probiotics are relevant both as therapeutic agents for metal-related diseases and as mediators of gut metal microbiome interactions. Their …