Microparticles may help prevent vitamin A deficiency

Microparticles may help prevent vitamin A deficiency

Vitamin A deficiency is the world’s leading cause of childhood blindness, and in severe cases it can be fatal. About a third of the world’s population of preschoolers suffer from this vitamin deficiency, which is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. MIT researchers have now developed a new way to fortify foods with …

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