Dietary Supplements and Minerals Archives

05/10/2019

Does sunscreen compromise vitamin D levels? Maybe not

Sunscreen can reduce the sun’s adverse effects, but there are concerns that it might inhibit the body’s production of vitamin

05/03/2019

Viral peptides critical to natural HIV control: T-cell targeting of essential amino acids may underlie spontaneous HIV suppression, define path to a vaccine

Investigators at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard have used a novel approach to identify specific amino acids

04/23/2019

Study unravels mystery of antimicrobial frog secretions

Japanese scientists including researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) and Yokohama National University have identified the molecular

02/11/2019

Could omega-3 fatty acids help prevent miscarriages?

Compounds found in fish oil prevent pregnancy complications, including preterm birth, neonatal death, and stillbirth, in mice when the complications

02/08/2019

Body building supplement could be bad for the brain: People taking the protein supplement L-norvaline should be aware of its potential for harm, scientists say

People taking the protein supplement L-norvaline should be aware of its potential for harm, scientists say. L-norvaline is an ingredient

11/30/2018

Discovering a new compound that illuminates the sulfur cycle

Almost 20 years ago, the University of Delaware’s Tom Hanson started studying the bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum (Cba. tepidum), an organism

10/10/2018

Scoliosis linked to essential mineral: Children with severely curved spines may be unable to use manganese

Nobody knows why some children’s backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty. Most children diagnosed

08/18/2018

Chemists find a surprisingly simple reaction to make a family of bioactive molecules

To live up to humankind’s challenges, we are in constant need for new molecules. New drugs need to be designed

06/22/2018

Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Brain metals that may drive disease progression revealed: In brains affected by Alzheimer’s, researchers identify chemically reduced iron species, with mineral forms including a magnetic iron oxide

Alzheimer’s disease could be better treated, thanks to a breakthrough discovery of the properties of the metals in the brain

06/22/2018

Reversing way potassium channels work from bacteria to human

For the first time ever, researchers at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) have identified a specific amino