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Johns Hopkins Children's Center Research in Mice Suggests Zinc Supplements Have Potential Value to Directly Treat Short Bowel Syndrome
October 25, 2024
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release:

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center say they have identified a gene pathway involving the mineral zinc in mice that may someday point the way to using zinc-based supplements to directly help people with a rare disorder called short bowel syndrome (SBS).

The findings, published Oct. 7 in Nature Communications, help advance efforts toward more effective, po . . .

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