Selenium is a nutrient that plays a crucial role in human health, contributing to the thyroid and immune function, DNA repair, and cardiovascular and cognitive health. It acts as an antioxidant – ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Selenium is a nutrient that plays a crucial role in human health, contributing to the thyroid and immune function, DNA repair, and cardiovascular and cognitive health. An excess or ...

Selenium in renal cell carcinoma showed context dependent redox effects, lowering reactive oxygen species in baseline ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite widespread interest in selenium for warding off prostate cancer, a new study shows that a high blood level of selenium is not in itself generally associated with ...

Many elements double as biologically vital minerals required by the body for normal functioning and general health. Selenium (Se) represents one of these crucial elements essential in many biological ...

A recent study unveiled a key enzyme involved in producing selenoproteins, opening new strategies for treating certain types of cancer in children. A recent study from the University of Würzburg ...

Pretreatment Prostate-Specific Antigen Velocity and the Risk of Death From Prostate Cancer in the Individual With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer We assessed SOD2 variants and plasma selenium in 489 patients ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some evidence tying the mineral selenium to a reduced risk of lung cancer, a new long-term study sees no connection between the two. In fact, researchers found that ...

Toenail clippings doused with radiation at the MU Research Reactor could hold the key to preventing prostate cancer. Researchers are testing toenail samples from men across the country to find out ...