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October 10, 2002
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SUTTIE RECEIVES BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB/MEAD JOHNSON AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT
John Suttie, emeritus professor of biochemistry at the College of Agricultural and
Life Sciences, has received the 22nd annual Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead
Johnson Award for Distinguished Achievement in Nutrition Research. He
was honored for outstanding experimental work that has defined the
molecular action of vitamin K and its function in blood clotting.
Suttie accepted the award Oct. 10 in Madison, following a symposium
held in his honor on vitamin K-dependent proteins and their clinical
use.
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September 30, 2002
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NOVEL FORM OF VITAMIN D SHOWN TO GROW BONE
A novel form of vitamin D has been shown to grow bone in the lab and
in experimental animals, a result that holds promise for the estimated
44 million Americans, mostly post-menopausal women, who suffer from or
are at risk for the bone-wasting disease osteoporosis.
The research, conducted by a team of scientists led by biochemist Hector F. DeLuca
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was reported this week (Sept.
30) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a
leading scientific journal.
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August 12, 2002
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SUBTRACT A GENE AND FEASTING MICE ADD NO FAT
By subtracting a single gene from the genome of a mouse, scientists
have created an animal that can eat a rich, high-fat diet without
adding weight or risking the complications of diabetes, according to a
new study published this week.
Writing in the online editions of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), James M. Ntambi, a professor of biochemistry and of nutritional sciences at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and colleagues report that mice lacking
a gene known as SCD-1 can eat a rich high-fat diet and avoid the
consequences of fat deposition and excess sugar in the blood, the
hallmark of type II diabetes.
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