8th International Conference on Homocysteine Metabolism
Lisbon, June 19-22nd 2011
Several sessions at the conference focussed on Homocysteine in relation to Vitamin B12. The importance of correctly estimating B12 levels was once again highlighted.
Some of the presentations and posters from the conference are shown below. For more information on these presentations, please contact Axis-Shield.
Plasma vitamin B12 and holoTC – between uptake and utilisation
Ebba Nexo (Aarhus, Denmark)
Vitamin B12 intracellular trafficking
Brian Fowler (Basel, Switzerland)
Holotranscobalamin predicts tissue vitamin B12 status (red cell cobalamin) in elderly subjects with significantly greater accuracy than either total serum cobalamin or methylmalonic acid
Anne Molloy (Dublin, Ireland)
Baseline homocysteine is crucially important in trials with B vitamin: the VITACOG trial
David Smith (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Cognitive function in an elderly population: interaction between vitamin B12 status, depression and apolipoprotein E4. the Hordaland homocysteine study
Anna Vogiatzoglou (Reading, United Kingdom)
ACTIVE-B12 ELISA NOW AVAILABLE
An ELISA assay for Active-B12 is now available for Research Use Only. For more information or to order a kit, please contact us.
ACTIVE-B12 LEVELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH COGNITIVE FUNCTION
A Swedish study has shown that levels of Active-B12 are associated with cognitive performance, even in non-demented elderly. To see the publication click here.
