Multimedia: UF researchers find mechanism behind zinc’s immune-boosting power
Filed under Multimedia on Monday, August 31, 2009.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Just in time for what federal authorities warn could be an extremely severe flu season, University of Florida research has revealed a fundamental mechanism behind zinc’s immune-boosting power—it ramps up one of the body’s primary lines of defense, white blood cells known as T-cells.
