B12 2 (IMAGE)

Rice University

B12 2

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Rice University researchers (from left) Ryan Lee, Alexey Revtovich and Natasha Kirienko showed how a dietary deficit of vitamin B12 harms the health of nematodes at a cellular level, leading to an increased risk of infection by two potentially deadly pathogens.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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