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Another experiment in Czechoslovakia found that 65 per cent of women who supplemented with 1500 to 3000 mg of magnesium lactate daily for two years completely got rid of their pain and stopped further development of deformities of the vertebrae. (afibbers.org)
Hu's group also exposed a close relative of the Chinese species, the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii), to TPT and found similar rates of deformities in a dose - dependent relationship. (sciencemag.org)
Next, the team added both noggin and retinoic acid, a derivative of vitamin A, based on previous work showing that too much vitamin A causes facial deformities in mice and chickens. (sciencemag.org)