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1. 9/9/01 BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF WHEY COMPONENTS A REVIEW 1997 Ohio State University
   
   
2. 9/9/01 Studies suggest broad advantages for whey June 14, 2001 Almost all of the individual whey proteins were reported to have biological activities in areas of wound healing, anti-cancer activity, anti-viral activity, promotion of cell growth and nearly a dozen others. The studies were conducted in vitro and animal in vivo. Harper cautions about drawing premature conclusions but says the evidence is gaining support, and further studies are getting under way for human confirmation
   
   
3. 9/9/01 EMERGING HEALTH BENEFITS OF WHEY PROTEINS Dairy Council Digest
   
   
4. 9/9/01 CALS FOOD SCIENTIST PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON WHEY FOR VALUABLE PROTEINS One example is lactoferrin, an iron-binding protein that Etzel has isolated from whey. Babies need iron for normal growth and development and according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, many infants don't get enough. Lactoferrin grabs onto the iron in food, making more of the mineral available to the body, says Etzel. Adding lactoferrin to infant formula will help babies absorb more iron from their formula. But that's not all. Lactoferrin enhances the body's ability to fight infection, including viral infections, and shows antioxidant and anticancer effects, according to Rosemary L. Walzem, a registered dietitian, in an article she wrote about the health benefits of whey for the U.S. Dairy Export Council. It also protects the intestines from overgrowth of potentially harmful bacteria that need iron for growth, she adds.
   
   
5. 2/2/02 Growth rates of a human colon adenocarcinoma cell line are regulated by the milk protein alpha-lactalbumin Adv Exp Med Biol 2001;501:115-20 PMID: 11787673 The whey protein alpha-lactalbumin, derived from human milk, has been shown to inhibit proliferation of mammary epithelial cells and rat kidney cells. We have shown that bovine alpha-lactalbumin also has antiproliferative effects in human colon adenocarcinoma cell lines
   
   
6. 7/25/01 TITLE: Whey protein concentrate (WPC) and glutathione modulation in cancer treatment. SOURCE: Anticancer Res; 20(6C):4785-92 2000 UI: 21076657 AUTHOR: Bounous G Animal experiments showed that the concentrates of whey proteins also exhibit anti-carcinogenesis and anticancer activity. They do this via their effect on increasing GSH concentration in relevant tissues, and may have anti-tumor effect on low volume of tumor via stimulation of immunity through the GSH pathway.
   
   
7. 9/10/01 TITLE: Dietary whey protein protects against azoxymethane-induced colon tumors in male rats. AUTHOR: Hakkak R, Korourian S, Ronis MJ, Johnston JM, Badger TM SOURCE: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 10(5):555-8 2001 UI: 21250771 In experiment A, rats fed the casein diet had a 56% incidence of colon tumors compared with 30% of the rats on whey-based diets (P < 0.05). In experiment B, rats fed the casein diet had 50% incidence of colon tumors compared with 29% in the whey group (P < 0.05). There were no significant effects of diet on tumor multiplicity or mass. These results suggest that consumption of whey protein-containing diets may reduce the risk of developing colon tumors
   
   

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