A maternally transmitted, noninfectious disease known as the Cayuga syndrome caused 100% mortality in larval offspring of wild-caught landlocked Atlantic salmon Salmo salar from several of New York's Finger Lakes. Survival of lake trout Salvelinus namaycush from Lakes Erie and Ontario was also impaired, but not until yolk absorption was...
Changes in dietary selenium and selenoprotein status may influence both anti- and pro-cancer pathways, making the outcome of interventions different from one study to another. To characterize such outcomes in a defined setting, we undertook a controlled hepatocarcinogenesis study involving varying levels of dietary selenium and altered selenoprotein status using...
