Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Vitamin D Found to Influence Over 200 Genes, Highlighting Links to Disease

ScienceDaily (Aug. 23, 2010) — The extent to which vitamin D deficiency may increase susceptibility to a wide range of diseases is dramatically highlighted in newly published research. Scientists have mapped the points at which vitamin D interacts with our DNA -- and identified over two hundred genes that it directly influences.

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