Researchers discover that vitamin D plays a key role in embryonic development in vertebrates and by blocking vitamin D in embryos of zebrafish, researchers were able to induce dormancy in a species that doesnt enter dormancy. The discovery could have major implications in human health research....
More and more bacteria are resistant to available antibiotics. A team of chemists now presents a new approach: they have identified important enzymes in the metabolism of staphylococci. Blocking these enzymes in a targeted manner would allow the pathogens to be starved....
Researchers have highlighted the possibility that chirality of vitamin-D derivatives can affect the protonation states of histidine residues in the vitamin-D receptor protein via ab initio molecular simulations and biomedical analyses. This finding emphasizes that protonation states should be considered more precisely in molecular simulations, when investigating specific interactions between candidate drugs and target proteins related to disease pathogenesis....
New research finds that higher levels of vitamin D are associated with better exercise capacity....
Nearly 15 percent of all chewing gum varieties sold promise to provide health-enhancing supplements to users, so researchers studied whether two vitamin-supplemented products were effective at delivering vitamins to the body. Their results validate the concept of gum as an effective delivery system for at least some vitamins....
Consuming too much vitamin A may decrease bone thickness, leading to weak and fracture prone bones, according to a new study in mice....