Linus Pauling Institute
Micronutrient Research for Optimum Health

The Spring/Summer 2013 Research Newsletter will be available in May 2013.

Spring/Summer 2012

• From the Director
• Dairy, Beans, and Health: An Interview with Gerd Bobe
• Recent Publications by LPI Scientists
• LPI's Healthy Youth Program
• The Spartan Garden
• Briefly
• Developments

Spring/Summer 2011

• From the Director
• Not All Fats Are Created Equal
• MicroRNAs Play Critical Roles in Development Responses to Dietary Constituents
• 6th International Conference on Diet and Optimum Health
• The New Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D
• Protecting the Fetus from Carcinogens
• Micronutrients and Cognitive Function
• Developments

Spring/Summer 2010

• From the Director
• Vitamin D Gets an "A"
• Preventing Cancer with Clay
• Vitamin E and Chemotherapy
• Vitamins E and C and the Recovery from Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery
• Do "Antioxidants Prevent Health-Promoting Effects of Physical Exercise in Humans?"
• Nutrition and Immunity, Part I
• Epigenetics
• Developments

Spring/Summer 2009

• From the Director
• Vital Micronutrients in Depth—An Interview with Balz Frei, Ph.D.
• The Linus Pauling Institute Healthy Aging Program
• Dietary and Lifestyle Strategies to Control Blood Pressure
• LPI's Response to the Physicians' Health Study II on Vitamins C and E and the Risk for Heart Disease and Cancer
• Developments

Spring/Summer 2008

• From the Director
• Cancer Chemoprotection—An Interview with George Bailey, Ph.D.
• Inauguration of the Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson Chair in Healthspan Research
• Dr. George Bailey Retires
• New Stamp Honors Linus Pauling
• What's Good about Dietary Fat?
• Oxygen Club of California Annual Meeting
• What is Vitamin D and Why Do We Need It?
• "Fatally Flawed" Clinical Trials of Vitamin E
• 40th Anniversary of "Orthomolecular Psychiatry"
• Developments

Spring/Summer 2007

• From the Director
• Diabetes, An Interview with Tammy Bray, Ph.D.
• Two Faces of Inflammation
• The Linus Pauling Institute Survey
• Selenoprotein W in Embryonic Development and Oxidative Stress
• 10th Anniversary Colloquium
• Developments

Spring/Summer 2006

• From the Director
• Neurodegeneration
• Vitamin C and the Common Cold
• Recent Pilot Project Awards
• Cruciferous Vegetables and Cancer Risks
• More News about Intravenous Vitamin C and Cancer
• Vitamin C for the Treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
• Benefits and Risk of Supplementation of Indole Phytochemicals
• Oxygen Club of California Annual Meeting
• The Human Side of Research
• Developments

Spring/Summer 2005

• From the Director
• Tea Time
• Vitamin C Detoxifies Oxidized Fat
• Preventing Osteoporosis through Diet and Lifestyle
• Recent Research on Vitamins C and E
• Zinc and Prostate Cancer
• Developments

Spring/Summer 2004

• From the Director
• Age-essential Micronutrients
• Cancer Chemoprotection by Selenium and Thioredoxin
• A Role for Supplements in Optimizing Health
• 2004 LPI Public Lecture
• Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer
• Linus Pauling: The Man Behind the Science
• Fund-raising Potpourri

Spring/Summer 2003

• From the Director
• Can the Maternal Diet During Pregnancy Protect the Fetus from Cancer and Birth Defects?
• Which Form of Vitamin E, Alpha- or Gamma-Tocopherol, is Better?
• The Triple Helix
• The Antimutagenic and Anticarcinogenic Effects of Wheat Germ
• The Role of Lipoic Acid in Inflammation and Atherosclerosis
• The Antioxidant Function of Dietary Zinc and Protection Against Neural Disorders
• Fund-raising Potpourri

Spring/Summer 2002

• From the Director
• Questions and Answers with Dr. Balz Frei
• The Antioxidant Activities of Vitamin C and Lipoic Acid in the Body
• Books of Special Interest
• Vitamin E and Exercise
• Unraveling the Conflicting Studies on Vitamin E and Heart Disease
• Good News About Chocolate
• Greetings from the Director of Development

Spring/Summer 2001

• From the Director
• Our Program in Neurodegeneration
• Health Benefits of Anthocyanin Pigments and Polyphenolics
• Alpha-tocopherol Transfer Protein and Vitamin E Adequacy
• The Bioavailability of Different Forms of Vitamin C
• LPI Graduate Fellows
• Ava Helen Pauling (1903-1981)
• Plaudits for Pauling
• Recent Noteworthy Books
• Fund-Raising Potpourri

Spring/Summer 2000

• From the Director
• The New Recommendations for Dietary Antioxidants
• Is Vitamin C Harmful to Cancer Patients?
• The Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers
• Ginseng and Breast Cancer
• Does Vitamin C Cause Thickening of the Arteries?
• Vitamin E: HOPE or HOPE-less?
• Fund-Raising Potpourri

Spring/Summer 1999

• From the Director
• Cancer Chemoprotection and a New Program at LPI
• Is Supplemental Vitamin E Harmful?
• Tea and Cancer
• Biochemical Health Profiling: Antioxidants
• Fiber Facts
• Fund-Raising Potpourri
• Linus Pauling in the News

Spring/Summer 1998

• From the Director
• The Biological Activity of Vitamin E
• Saponins: Surprising Benefits of Desert Plants
• New Pilot Project Awards
• Biomedical Database Now Available to Internet Users
• Immune Cell Survival: Walking a Tightrope
• Mitochondria and Aging
• Step-by-Step, A Message from our Development Office
• Is Vitamin C a Pro-oxidant?
• Remarkable Anticancer Role for Vitamin E

Spring/Summer 1997

• Meet Our New Director: Dr. Balz Frei
• To the Future
• A Message from Linus Pauling, Jr.
• New Pilot Project Program
• DHEA: Boon or Bane?
• Vitamin C and Cancer
• The Optimal Intake of Vitamin C
• Antioxidants Help Prevent Age-Related Loss of Energy
• Atherosclerosis: A Lesson in Lesions
• Step-by-Step, A Special Message from our Development Office
• Linus Pauling Further Honored at OSU