Does selenium prevent cancer? It may depend on which form people take
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Scientists are reporting that the controversy surrounding whether selenium can fight cancer in humans might come down to which form of the essential micronutrient people take. It turns out that not all "seleniums" are the same -- the researchers found that one type of selenium supplement may produce a possible cancer-preventing substance more efficiently than another form of selenium in human cancer cells.