Johns Hopkins Children’s Center;David Hackam;Maame Sampah;Nature Communications;Short Bowel Syndrome;intestines

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Researchers from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center say they have identified a gene pathway involving the mineral zinc in mice that may someday point the way to using zinc-based supplements to directly help people with a rare disorder called short bowel syndrome (SBS). The findings, published Oct. 7 in Nature Communications, help advance…