Role of oxidative stress in diseases needs to be re-evaluated: Preventive detention for oxidizing agents
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Oxidative stress is believed to cause a number of diseases. Up to now, it has been common practice to measure oxidative stress levels by determining the oxidation state of a small molecule called glutathione in cell extracts. Scientists have now discovered that cells under stress deposit their oxidized glutathione in a cellular waste repository. This protects cells from oxidative stress – and questions the validity of the conventional measuring method.