Chemical element bromine is essential to life in humans and other animals, researchers discover
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 02:32
in Biology & Nature
Twenty-seven chemical elements are considered to be essential for human life. Now there is a 28th: bromine. In a new paper, 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.