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 ...

The Shuang'an site is the most serious selenosis site in Ziyang County, Shaanxi Province, which was the second selenosis site in China. In order to investigate the relationships between Se and other ...

The element selenium was discovered 200 years ago. We spoke to Dr K Indira Priyadarsini and Dr Vimal K Jain, editors of a new book entitled 'Organoselenium Compounds in Biology and Medicine', about ...

The Mining Microbiome Analytics Platform partnership will extract DNA from 15,000 mine site rock, soil, and water samples to find out what useful undiscovered microbes may be lurking within. Credit: ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to official information from Yunnan Copper Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd., the company began selling 30 mt in metal content of selenium ingots today. Metal element grade: Se ≥ 99 ...

Selenium, element 34 on the periodic table, is essential for animal cell function-in small amounts. But just like oxygen and and water, a high-enough concentration of selenium can become toxic.