Vitamin D: The Wonder Drug of Tomorrow

Learn how just 15 minutes of sunlight a day can change your life. Learn too how it may reduce the risk of getting various cancers, the flu, diabetes, heart disease and autoimmune diseases. Hector DeLuca is the Harry Steenbock Research Professor in the UW-Madison Department of Biochemistry and an internationally recognized pioneer in vitamin D research. He is putting vitamin D in the forefront of the state of Wisconsin’s biotech sector, churning out papers and patents to combat a long list of illnesses. Professor DeLuca is a founder of Deltanoid Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is developing drugs based on vitamin D compounds to treat osteoporosis and other ailments.