Understanding The Anticancer Effects Of Vitamin D3
Monday, July 6, 2009 - 22:28
in Health & Medicine
The active form of vitamin D3 seems to have anticancer effects. New research has identified a major mechanism underlying these effects. Specifically, the protein cystatin D, which is induced by the active form of vitamin D3, has tumor suppressor activity that accounts for much of the anticancer effect of the active form of vitamin D3.