Solving a 30-year old micronutrient mystery vital to health

Solving a 30-year old micronutrient mystery vital to health

For the past 30 years, scientists have been unable to explain how our bodies absorb a micronutrient that is vital to our health. But now, a team of international scientists have finally solved the mystery. Co-led by researchers at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Florida, the study was able to pinpoint which gene in the human body allows queuosine, a microscopic molecule, to enter the cells. First discovered in the 1970s, queuosine –…