Scientists made the discovery while investigating the molecule thiocyanate – a detoxified metabolite excreted by the body after cyanide inhalation.
Roughly one billion people around the world are iodine deficient and it is the leading preventable cause of irreversible cognitive impairment in children.
Philip Britz-McKibbin and his colleagues have developed a fast, cost-effective method to identify vitamin D deficiency that could help treat respiratory illness in critically ill children in a more timely, effective way.
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