LACTASE PERSISTENCE
National Institutes of Health
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Background/objectivesVitamin D has a critical role in skeletal health and maintaining serum calcium levels. Calcium is needed for…
The development of lactose tolerance in humans represents a fair example of interaction between biology and culture. Lactase…
Lactase persistence (LP) occurs at a very low frequency in indigenous populations from Latin America, offering an opportunity to…
Lactose needs to be digested by the small intestinal enzyme lactase into its constituent monosaccharides, glucose and galactose…
Lactase persistence (LP)-the ability to digest lactose in adulthood-is paradigmatic of Holocenic dietary change affecting the…
OBJECTIVE
To examine the correlation of lactase persistence phenotype with genotype in Omani adults.
METHODS
Lactase…
BACKGROUND
Lactase nonpersistence (LNP) is characterized by the decrease in lactase expression in the small intestine. Studies…
To the Editor.— I read with great interest the recent article from Fomon1 in which he refers to the well-known hypothesis that…
Researchers do not understand what causes ovarian cancer. Some studies find galactose to be toxic to oocytes which renders…