Vitamin D shows protective effects for cells in the pancreas

Vitamin D may have protective properties for the pancreas’s beta cells, a new research study suggests. A team from the Salk Institute in San Diego, California, say their breakthrough discovery involves vitamin D, otherwise known as the sunshine vitamin, and pancreatic beta cells.

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