Examining the health benefits of copper
Arizona’s ties to copper go back to the territorial era, but the mineral also plays a big part in human health. University of Arizona immunobiology professor Michael Johnson discusses copper’s influence in producing energy in the body, along with fighting bacteria and infections.
Michael Johnson spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph. D. Regent’s professor emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.
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