Vitamin biosynthesis find could lead to novel anti-malaria drug Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): A new study has shed light on the nature of the enzymes required for vitamin biosynthesis by the malaria causing pathogen Plasmodium, which could eventually lead to the design of more effective drugs to combat the disease. [News Source]

New test detects vitamin D more accurately GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- It's estimated most U.S. adults may be deficient in vitamin D but blood sample testing may yield inaccurate measurements of vitamin D levels, researchers say. [News Source]

3D Study Of Vitamins May Help Combat Malaria A three-dimensional study of how enzymes in the malaria parasite Plasmodium synthesize essential vitamins, could help develop new drugs to combat the disease. Using electron microscopy, a team of scientists from Germany and the UK studied how the enzymes synthesize Vitamin B6, which has already been proposed as a target for new drugs. Dr Ivo Tews, a Lecturer in Structural Biology at the ... [News Source]

New Standard for Vitamin D Testing to Ensure Accurate Test Results At a time of increasing concern about low vitamin D levels in the world's population and increased use of blood tests for the vitamin, scientists are reporting development of a much-needed reference material to assure that measurements of vitamin D levels are accurate. [News Source]

Research on vitamins could lead to the design of novel drugs to combat malaria New research could lead to the design of more effective drugs to combat malaria. The research will enable scientists to learn more about the nature of the enzymes required for vitamin biosynthesis by the malaria causing pathogen Plasmodium. Vitamins are essential nutrients required in small amounts, the lack of which leads to deficiencies. Many pathogenic microorganisms produce vitamins, and ... [News Source]

Research on vitamins could lead to the design of novel drugs to combat malaria ( University of Southampton ) New research by scientists at the University of Southampton could lead to the design of more effective drugs to combat malaria. [News Source]

New standard for vitamin D test promises more accurate results Writing in the journal Analytical Chemistry , researchers from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH-ODS), report the development of a Standard Reference Material (SRM) for the determination of vitamin D in the form of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] in human serum. [News Source]

Invader nears gate to Lake Erie. When watersheds harbor a finned toxin such as the dreaded Asian carp, this swampy mixing bowl becomes a potential host site for an irreparable breach in the natural and manmade barriers that have, so far, kept the carp out of the Great Lakes and its river systems. [News Source]

Eider duck population declining in Arctic as polar bears devour eggs. Over the past three decades, climate change has caused sea ice to disappear, making it more difficult for polar bears to hunt for seals, their primary prey. To compensate, the bears have been raiding eider nests for food. [News Source]

Free vitamins for children concerns parents A school vitamin program stirs up controversy at a Boise elementary school, but the district says it's all a big misunderstanding. [News Source]

Chinese Vitamin C Makers Can Be Sued by Buyers as a Group North China Pharmaceutical Co. and three other Chinese makers of vitamin C can be sued in the U.S. for alleged price-fixing by buyers acting as a group, a federal judge ruled. [News Source]

Chinese Vitamin C Makers Can Be Sued by Buyers as a Group, U.S. Judge Says North China Pharmaceutical Co. (600812) and three other Chinese makers of vitamin C can be sued in the U.S. for alleged price fixing by buyers acting as a group, a federal judge ruled. [News Source]