RESEARCHERS at Australia's Victor Chang Institute have confirmed that vitamin B3 (or niacin) supplements before and during pregnancy could play a key role in preventing miscarriages and birth defects.
The study found low levels of a molecule called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) damages embryos in the crucial early weeks of pregnancy, with lead author Sally Dunwoodie saying the findings are "the most significant advancement in pregnancy and birth research in decades".
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