These vitamins have a variety of functions that help
maintain a
healthy body - to metabolize carbohydrates and
maintain blood glucose levels, fatty acids for energy, and they help make hemoglobin, the red and
white blood cells.
In laboratory experiments, Dr. Weinberger and his team inserted a green fluorescent protein, or «vector,» into the DNA of Jurkat T lymphocytes — a type of
white blood cell that helps
maintain a
healthy human immune system.