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TOMSK,
Apr 10 – RIA Tomsk. Chemists of Tomsk State University (TSU) created a new technique for
hair analysis, thanks to which it is possible to identify a person's
predisposition to certain diseases and determine the level of his intelligence,
the press service of the university reports on Monday.
It is
specified that the hair analysis is usually carried out with the help of
solutions and expensive reagents. Scientists of the Department of Chemistry TSU
proposed a new method - to burn the biosubstrate in a special chamber at a
temperature of 400-450 degrees and study the ash residue of the hair,
determining macro- and microelements and eliminating matrix influences. The
method is more accurate and allows to determine the concentration of 30
chemical elements at once.
"This
way allows to define concentration of vital minerals in a human body. Their
imbalance leads to development of various diseases. The microelement analysis
of a biosubstratum helps to reveal serious illnesses, and at successful
combination of circumstances to prevent their development in patients from risk
group", – TSU scientist Vladimir Otmakhov is quoted.
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It is noted
that the TSU method has already proved its efficiency. Scientists together with
colleagues from Siberian State Medical University (SSMU) investigated hair of
the patients who had an ischemic stroke. As a result, regularities in the
variation of the elemental composition, in particular, an increased content of
cadmium and lead, and decrease in zinc concentration were revealed.
Also it is
reported that in other research scientists compared the IQ level (according to
Ayzenk's test) and microelement structure of hair of 50 students of Department
of Chemistry TSU. It turned out that the higher the level of intelligence, the
lower the concentration of tin and cadmium in the body.
It is added
that TSU scientists plan to continue work on a technique, and also to acquire
the right to render new service to the population with issue of official
protocols on the basis of which it will be possible to establish the element
status of the person. Today such type of a research is available only to
residents of the large Russian cities.