Zinc Deficiency Linked to Activation of Hedgehog Signaling Pathway
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
Zinc deficiency - long associated with numerous diseases, e.g. autism, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and ovarian cancers - can lead to activation of the Hedgehog signaling pathway, a biomolecular pathway that plays essential roles in developing organisms and in diseases, according to new research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.