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The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) funds research studies that are grounded in sound science, use rigorous methodology, and are conducted by autonomous researchers at well-established institutions. All published research is submitted to peer-reviewed journals by the researcher, independent of the USHBC.

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Beyond Conventional Medicine – a Look at Blueberry, a Cancer-Fighting Superfruit

Kristoffer T Davidson, Ziwen Zhu, Dean Balabanov, Lei Zhao, Mark R Wakefield, Qian Bai, Yujiang Fang

Pathol Oncol Res . 2018 Oct;24(4):733-738.

Blueberry Metabolites Attenuate Lipotoxicity-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction

Divya Bharat, Rafaela Ramos Mororo Cavalcanti, Chrissa Petersen, Nathan Begaye, Brett Ronald Cutler, Marcella Melo Assis Costa, Renata Kelly Luna Gomes Ramos, Marina Ramos Ferreira, Youyou Li, Leena P Bharath, Emma Toolson, Paul Sebahar, Ryan E Looper, Thunder Jalili, Namakkal S Rajasekaran, Zhenquan Jia, J David Symons, Pon Velayutham Anandh Babu

Mol Nutr Food Res . 2018 Jan;62(2):10.1002/mnfr.201700601.

Cognitive response to fish oil, blueberry, and combined supplementation in older adults with subjective cognitive impairment

Robert K McNamara, Wilhelmina Kalt, Marcelle D Shidler, Jane McDonald, Suzanne S Summer, Amanda L Stein, Amanda N Stover, Robert Krikorian

Neurobiol Aging. 2018 Apr;64:147-156.

Blueberry Phenolics Reduce Gastrointestinal Infection of Patients with Cerebral Venous Thrombosis by Improving Depressant-Induced Autoimmune Disorder via miR-155-Mediated Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

Ning Xu, Hao Meng, Tianyi Liu, Yingli Feng, Yuan Qi, Donghuan Zhang, Honglei Wang

Front Pharmacol . 2017 Nov 27;8:853.

Blueberry supplementation attenuates oxidative stress within monocytes and modulates immune cell levels in adults with metabolic syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Anand R Nair, Nithya Mariappan, April J Stull, Joseph Francis

Food Funct . 2017 Nov 15;8(11):4118-4128.

A serving of blueberry (V. corymbosum) acutely improves peripheral arterial dysfunction in young smokers and non-smokers: two randomized, controlled, crossover pilot studies

Cristian Del Bo', Valeria Deon, Jonica Campolo, Claudia Lanti, Marina Parolini, Marisa Porrini, Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, Patrizia Riso

Food Funct . 2017 Nov 15;8(11):4108-4117.

*USHBC provided funding and/or product for the study.