Certain heavy metals boost immunity, study suggests
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
A new natural defense mechanism against infections has been demonstrated. Zinc, a heavy metal that is toxic at high doses, is used by the cells of the immune system to destroy microbes such as the tuberculosis bacillus or E. coli. This discovery makes it possible to envisage new therapeutic strategies and test new vaccine candidates.