All living things, including people, need zinc in their diets. Getting too little of this essential metal can impair growth and cause immune dysfunction, neurological disorders and cancer.

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Damilare Desmond Adebowale, a United States-based Nigerian scientist at Purdue University’s Department of Chemistry—a department that has produced two Nobel Laureates in West Lafayette, Indiana, ...

A new biosensor offers scientists the first dynamic glimpses of manganese, an elusive metal ion that is essential for life. A new biosensor engineered by Penn State researchers offers scientists the ...

Traces of non-essential and essential metals in urine were associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality, according to the largest epidemiological study on the ...

Exposure to high levels of essential and nonessential metals, particularly cadmium, is associated with a greater amount of coronary artery calcification (CAC), according to an analysis of the ...