Natural sunscreen gene influences how we make vitamin D

Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 10:20 in Biology & Nature

Genetic variations in the skin can create a natural sunscreen, according to University of Queensland researchers investigating the genes linked with vitamin D. Professor John McGrath from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute said this was one of a number of ways vitamin D affected the body in a collaborative study that looked at the genomes of more than half […]

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