Contributors
October 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the October 2012 issue of The Scientist.
October 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the October 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Vitamin D has a variety of actions in the body. It binds to the vitamin D receptor (VDR), which then binds to the retinoid X receptor (RXR) and activates the expression of numerous genes. Through this mechanism, vitamin D promotes calcium absorption
Studies on safety, efficacy, or dosing of drugs in children, or on nutritional supplements, are not run-of-the-mill.
Prevention trials for vitamins and supplements are notoriously difficult, but some researchers aren’t giving up on finding proof that vitamin D helps ward off disease.
Around the turn of the 20th century—before sunscreens hit the market and the damaging effects of UV radiation were widely appreciated—physicians saw the sun mostly as a source of healing. Sunlit spas nestled high in the mountains became very popula
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