Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low levels of an essential trace element in the aqueous humor, conjunctiva and serum may play a role in the ...

Selenium, a trace mineral found in various foods and nutritional supplements, may inhibit progression toward esophageal cancer among people with Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition that ...

A new approach for activating chemical reactions based on the element selenium has been tested by scientists. They demonstrated that selenium can form bonds similar to those of hydrogen bonds, ...

Everyone has heard of essential vitamins and minerals like protein, calcium, and others. What most people don’t realize, however, is that there is a long list of different minerals that your body ...

Selenium is an essential trace element that is contained in various proteins and has both nutritional and potentially toxic properties. Selenium mainly exists as selenocysteine (Sec) and ...

High-dose supplementation with both the trace element selenium and vitamin E increase the risk of high-grade prostate cancer. But importantly, this risk depends upon a man’s selenium status before ...

In new work, researchers report that the ability of plants to defend themselves by accumulating high levels of a toxic element can be overcome by some insects, and that such adaptation potentially ...

Low levels of an essential trace element in the aqueous humor, conjunctiva and serum may play a role in the development and progression of pseudoexfoliation syndrome, a study found. The trace element, ...