{"slug":"iron","tag":"iron","variants":["iron"],"description":"No description yet","count":1,"kinds":{"technology":1},"related":[{"slug":"late-effects","tag":"late-effects","shared":1},{"slug":"rejuvenation","tag":"rejuvenation","shared":1},{"slug":"survivorship","tag":"survivorship","shared":1},{"slug":"transplant","tag":"transplant","shared":1}],"records":[{"id":"rejuv-tx-iron-overload","kind":"technology","name":"Iron overload after transplant","route":"/technologies/rejuv-tx-iron-overload/","status":"established","tldr":"Every unit of red cells carries iron the body cannot excrete, and someone who has been through leukaemia treatment may have had dozens. It settles in the liver and sometimes the heart. A blood test finds it and an MRI confirms it, and it can be removed either by a chelating drug or by taking blood off once the marrow is working again."}]}