Vitamin could act against ageing

WASHINGTON - Doses of vitamin E may slow the ageing the human immune and central nervous systems and could have a role to play…

WASHINGTON - Doses of vitamin E may slow the ageing the human immune and central nervous systems and could have a role to play in slowing she march of debilitating diseases such as Alzheimer's, scientists reported yesterday. Dr Marguerite Kay, senior investigator for a study of vitamin E, the vitamin protected a crucial protein that acted as a marker for changes in both the immune and nervous systems.

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