Selenium is an element that has long been used to treat dandruff in many shampoo’s, which is also very much present in nuts, grains and meats. It has also been found to be quite effective against bladder cancer, one of the many cancers that afflicts the digestive tract. New research is showing that in moderation, selenium is quite effective in preventing bladder cancer and is being targeted as a chemopreventive treatment for the disease that is responsible for a lot of deaths each year. The element is found to have a high interaction rate with a particular gene, the p53 gene which is used to diagnose the occurrence of bladder cancer. Alteration of the said genes is a sure sign of disease in the urinary tract which makes selenium a very important element for further study. (more…)