Genetic variations in the skin can create a natural sunscreen, according to University of Queensland researchers investigating the genes linked with vitamin D.
Professor John McGrath from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute said this was one of a number of ways vitamin D affected the body in a collaborative study that looked at the genomes of more than half a million people from the United Kingdom.
“This study has implicated several new skin-related genes that impact on our vitamin D status – distinct from skin colour which affects our ability to make vitamin D depending on the concentration of the pigment melanin in the skin,” Professor McGrath said.
“Vitamin D is the sunshine hormone and we need bright sunshine on the skin to make it, but variations in our genes also influence ...
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