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These brightly colored fruits and vegetables are full of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals
in nature that help protect our DNA. At The Medical College of Wisconsin, researchers
have created a custom-made, targeted antioxidant.
This is a super-seeker antioxidant.
Dr. Balaraman Kalyanaraman is the Harry R. and Angeline E. Quadracci Professor in Parkinson’s
Research and Chairman of Biophysics. He and his colleague Dr. Joy Joseph discovered by
adding a positive charge to the naturally occurring antioxidant molecule, it is drawn
just like a magnet, to the negative charge in mitochondria or the energy center of the
human cell.
Instead of one molecule getting into the center of the cell, you’ll have hundreds of thousands
of molecules getting into the cell.
And that can do a world of good. Antioxidants protect us from free radicals or rogue molecules
that damage our DNA. In studies of rates with breast cancer, Medical College researchers
find their targeted antioxidant not only made the chemotherapy more effective, but also
protected the heart from any collateral damage caused by chemotherapy.
We have created an antioxidant molecule that is nearly 100 times more effective than the
conventional antioxidant.
The National Institutes of Health awarded Dr. Kalyanaraman a new 1-point-5 million dollar
grant toward his project, taking the best in nature and adding the power of targeted
therapy, to more effectively fight disease.
www.mcw.edu/antioxidants Copyright 2010 Medical College of Wisconsin