It's been hailed a breakthrough.
New research from scientists in Australia suggests that vitamin B3 could help to prevent miscarriages and birth defects.
Professor Sally Dunwoodie, from Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney, found that vitamin B3, which is also known as niacin, has the ability to cure molecular deficiencies that prohibit the development of embryos and babies' organs and also prevent miscarriages.
This particular vitamin is found in meat and vegetables and is also found in high concentration in Marmite.
For the purpose of the research, vitamin B3 was given to pregnant mice and after introducing it to their diet, it completely prevented miscarriages and birth defects in their offspring.
According to
Sky News, Sally said:
"The ramifications are likely to be huge.
This has the potential to significantly reduce the number of miscarriages and birth defects around the world, and I do not use these words lightly."
This new research took 12 years to establish the findings and has been hailed as one of the biggest medical research breakthroughs in Australia.
Sally added:
"It took 12 years, but the beauty is the simplicity of the prevention. It’s cheap and it’s available, and it’s important that a preventative is like that."
