Secrets of a life-giving amino acid revealed by Yale researchers

Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 16:49 in Biology & Nature

Selenium is a trace element crucial to life - too little or too much of it is fatal. In the July 17 issue of the journal Science, researchers at Yale University and University of Illinois at Chicago detail the molecular mechanisms that govern its metabolism in the human body.

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