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Protoporphyria victims suffer from a defectiveenzyme, which causes the protoporphyrin moleculeto seep into the subject's skin rather thanincoporating itself into the oxygen-carryinghemoglobin in the bloodstream, where it belongs.At the body's surface, the errant molecule reactswith oxygen in the air, causing severe itching andburning...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Researchers Question Power of `Wonder Drug' | 12/6/1990 | See Source »

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