January 16, 2008
Studying the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and disease in vulnerable populations is the aim of a new $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to the Center of Excellence for Nutritional Genomics.
"Vitamin D deficiency is one of the most serious public health issues facing the U.S. today," said Ray Rodriguez, director of the center and professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Davis.
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