Zinc deficiency linked to activation of Hedgehog signaling pathway
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 14:30
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.