Arsenic
From toxicity to life: Arsenic proves to be a building block
LIVERMORE, Calif. – Arsenic – an element that triggers death for most Earthly life forms – is actually allowing for a bacterium to thrive and reproduce.
In a study that may prompt the rewriting of textbooks, a team of astrobiologists and chemists…
Arsenic early in treatment improves survival for leukemia patients
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 — Arsenic, a toxic compound with a reputation as a good tool for committing homicide, has a significant positive effect on the survival of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), when admin…