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Hector DeLuca

Hector F. DeLuca is a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and former chairman of the university's biochemistry department. DeLuca is a foremost expert in Vitamin D research. At least eight pharmaceutical drugs are derived from his research in Vitamin D.

DeLuca has more than 1,500 patents to his name, with hundreds more pending. Licensing of his technology, through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the university.

In addition, DeLuca is president of Deltanoid Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company founded on technology he developed.


 
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