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April 10, 2025 / Modified apr 10, 2025 3:42 p.m.

Examining the health benefits of copper

Arizona’s ties to copper go back to the territorial era, but the mineral also plays a big part in human health.
by Tony Perkins

Arizona Science 4/10/25 hero University of Arizona immunobiology professor Michael Johnson & Arizona copper mined from underground.
University of Arizona Health Sciences and Rob Lavinsky / irocks.com

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Arizona’s ties to copper go back to the territorial era, but the mineral also plays a big part in human health. University of Arizona immunobiology professor Michael Johnson discusses copper’s influence in producing energy in the body, along with fighting bacteria and infections.

Michael Johnson spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph. D. Regent’s professor emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.

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