New Research Challenges Concept Of Vitamin D Deficiency

 22.01.2008 05:23   medicalnewstoday.com

Low blood levels of vitamin D have long been associated with disease, and the assumption has been made that vitamin D supplements may protect against disease. In the light of new knowledge that hundreds of genes are dependent on vitamin D, this assumption needs to be reconsidered. In a report published in the current issue of the journal BioEssays(1), Trevor Marshall, Ph.D.

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