Vanderbilt Scientists Discover That Chemical Element Bromine Is Essential To Human Life
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 11:53
in Biology & Nature
Twenty-seven chemical elements are considered to be essential for human life. Now there is a 28th - bromine. In a paper published Thursday by the journal Cell, Vanderbilt University researchers establish for the first time that bromine, among the 92 naturally-occurring chemical elements in the universe, is the 28th element essential for tissue development in all animals, from primitive sea creatures to humans.