Zinc linked to breast cancer: Insight into body's zinc controls has implications for disease

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 13:31 in Health & Medicine

Zinc has long been known to play a vital part in human health. However, the mechanisms for delivering zinc into cells are not well understood. New research has identified one switch which allows zinc to flow. This has implications for a number of diseases, including aggressive types of breast cancer.

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