Selenium, a trace mineral found in various foods and nutritional supplements, may inhibit progression toward esophageal cancer among people with Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition that ...

For the first time, research has shown how much of a critical role the natural antioxidant selenium plays at the earliest stages of a woman's fertility. "Selenium is an essential trace element found ...

Researchers from the Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) in China have fabricated a selenium (Se) solar cell with a selenium-tellurium (Se-Te) absorber, which they claim can optimize ...

If, like a package of food, you had a list of ingredients stamped in an out-of-the-way spot like the bottom of your foot—with the elements that make up most of your weight coming first—it would read ...

The trace element selenium is an essential micronutrient that is required for the biosynthesis of selenocysteine-containing selenoproteins. Most of the known selenoproteins are expressed in the ...

The West Virginia Senate has passed legislation that would weaken a standard for how much selenium, an element with toxic ...

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Scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University showed that spraying of selenium stimulates the growth of garden sage—a plant, that is used in medicine for treatment of inflammations and ...

Environmental engineers have developed critical methods to remove toxic selenium from water. Selenium is a critical element, particularly for the thyroid and immune system, but too little or too much ...