Copper's previously unknown exit strategy from the body
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 09:00
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have long known that the body rids itself of excess copper and various other minerals by collecting them in the liver and excreting them through the liver’s bile. However, a new study suggests that when this route is impaired there’s another exit route just for copper: A molecule sequesters only that mineral and routes it from the body through urine.